*hagatusjō

Runic: ᚺᚨᚷᚨᛏᚢᛊᛃᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈxɑ.ɣɑ.ˌtus.jɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

witch

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from *hagaz (‘skilled, crafty’) + *tusjō (‘witch, demon’) (whence Norwegian tysja (‘witch, demon’)), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰus-yéh₂, from *dʰews- (‘breath; spirit’) (whence *deuzą (‘animal, beast’)). However, this devoicing is phonetically irregular. The second part is more likely from Proto-Indo-European *dus- (‘bad, evil’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	hagatusjō	hagatusjôz
Acc.	hagatusjǭ	hagatusjōz
Gen.	hagatusjōz	hagatusjǫ̂
Dat.	hagatusjōi	hagatusjōmaz
Inst.	hagatusjō	hagatusjōmiz
Voc.	hagatusjō	hagatusjôz

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Descendants

*hagatussjā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hagatissa (Old Dutch)
  - hagetisse (Middle Dutch)
    - hagedis (Dutch)
*hagatussjā (Proto-West Germanic)
- hægtesse, hæġtes, hæġtess, heġtes, hǣts (Old English)
  - hagge, hegge (Middle English)
    - hag (English)
*hagatussjā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hegtesse, *hexe (Old Frisian)
  - Häkse (Saterland Frisian)
  - hekse (West Frisian)
*hagatussjā (Proto-West Germanic)
- hagzissa, hagazussa, hagzussa, hāzissa, hāzussa, hāzessa, hāzus (Old High German)
  - hecse, hesse, hexse, hegxse, hexe (Middle High German)
    - Hex (Luxembourgish)
*hagatussjā (Proto-West Germanic)
- hagzissa, hagazussa, hagzussa, hāzissa, hāzussa, hāzessa, hāzus (Old High German)
  - hecse, hesse, hexse, hegxse, hexe (Middle High German)
    - Hexe (German)
      - heksa (Polish)
*hagatussjā (Proto-West Germanic)
- hagzissa, hagazussa, hagzussa, hāzissa, hāzussa, hāzessa, hāzus (Old High German)
  - hecse, hesse, hexse, hegxse, hexe (Middle High German)
    - Hexe (German)
      - heks (Dutch)
        
        heks (Afrikaans)
        
        hèks (Papiamentu)
*hagatussjā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hagatusia (Old Saxon)
  - hexe (Middle Low German)
    - heks (Danish)
    - Häxe, Hexe (German Low German)
    - heks (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    - Hakjs (Plautdietsch)
    - häxa (Swedish)
*hagatusi (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hagatissa (Old Dutch)
  - hagetisse (Middle Dutch)
    - hagedis (Dutch)
*hagatusi (Proto-West Germanic)
- hægtesse, hæġtes, hæġtess, heġtes, hǣts (Old English)
  - hagge, hegge (Middle English)
    - hag (English)
*hagatusi (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hegtesse, *hexe (Old Frisian)
  - Häkse (Saterland Frisian)
  - hekse (West Frisian)
*hagatusi (Proto-West Germanic)
- hagzissa, hagazussa, hagzussa, hāzissa, hāzussa, hāzessa, hāzus (Old High German)
  - hecse, hesse, hexse, hegxse, hexe (Middle High German)
    - Hex (Luxembourgish)
*hagatusi (Proto-West Germanic)
- hagzissa, hagazussa, hagzussa, hāzissa, hāzussa, hāzessa, hāzus (Old High German)
  - hecse, hesse, hexse, hegxse, hexe (Middle High German)
    - Hexe (German)
      - heksa (Polish)
*hagatusi (Proto-West Germanic)
- hagzissa, hagazussa, hagzussa, hāzissa, hāzussa, hāzessa, hāzus (Old High German)
  - hecse, hesse, hexse, hegxse, hexe (Middle High German)
    - Hexe (German)
      - heks (Dutch)
        
        heks (Afrikaans)
        
        hèks (Papiamentu)
*hagatusi (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hagatusia (Old Saxon)
  - hexe (Middle Low German)
    - heks (Danish)
    - Häxe, Hexe (German Low German)
    - heks (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    - Hakjs (Plautdietsch)
    - häxa (Swedish)

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