*haugaz

Runic: ᚺᚨᚢᚷᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈxɑu̯.ɣɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

height; hill

From Proto-Indo-European *kowk-ó-s (with Verner's law in effect on the second *-k-), from *kewk- (‘hill, elevation’).

*haug (Proto-West Germanic)
- (in compounds: steinenhoug, marchoug
  - houc (Middle High German)
*haug (Proto-West Germanic)
- (in compounds: steinenhoug, marchoug
  - hogil (Middle High German)
    - Hügel (German)
*haug (Proto-West Germanic)
- hoge (Old French)
  - ahoge, ahuge (Old French)
    - huge (Middle English)
      - huge (English)
      - huge, hudge (Scots)
*haug (Proto-West Germanic)
- houg (Old High German)
  - houc (Middle High German)
*haug (Proto-West Germanic)
- houg (Old High German)
  - hogil (Middle High German)
    - Hügel (German)
*haug (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hōg (Old Saxon)
  - hôch, hö̂ (Middle Low German)
    - Hooch, Hööch (German Low German)
*haug (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hōg (Old Saxon)
  - hö̂chil (Middle Low German)
    - hö̂chillîn, hö̂chilîn (Middle Low German)
haugr (Old Norse)
- heygur, heyggjur (Faroese)
- haugur (Icelandic)
- haug (Norwegian Bokmål)
- haug (Norwegian Nynorsk)
haugr (Old Norse)
- houȝ, hogh, hoo (Middle English)
  - hough, hoe, how, howe (English)
  - hog, howe, how (Scots)
haugr (Old Norse)
- høgh (Old Danish)
  - høg, høw (Middle Danish)
    - høj (Danish)
      - høy (Norwegian Bokmål)
haugr (Old Norse)
- hø̄gher (Old Swedish)
  - hög (Swedish)