Proto-Germanic
*hauhaz
‘high’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *hauhaz.
7 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz, most familiar first.
- high ← hēah ← *hauh
- highly ← hiȝly ← hēalīce ← hēah ← *hauh
- height ← heighte ← hīehþu ← *hauhiþu ← *hauhiþō
- hext ← hexte ← hīehst ← hēah ← *hauh
- heighth ← hīehþu ← *hauhiþu ← *hauhiþō
- hecher ← הויך ← hōch ← hōh ← *hauh
- highth ← hīehþu ← *hauhiþu ← *hauhiþō
From Wiktionary, by Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); adapted. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *hauhaz