*hawją

Runic: ᚺᚨᚹᛃᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈxɑw.jɑ̃/

noun · neuter · ja-stem

Meanings

hay

According to Kroonen, from a ja-collective form of *hawwaną (‘to hew; cut down’) (with quasi-Indo-European form *koh₂w-yo-m).

*hawi (Proto-West Germanic)
- houwi, houwe (Old Dutch)
  - houwe, hoj, hoy (Middle Dutch)
    - heuj (Limburgish)
*hawi (Proto-West Germanic)
- houwi, houwe (Old Dutch)
  - houwe, hoj, hoy (Middle Dutch)
    - hooi (Dutch)
      - hooi (Afrikaans)
      - hôi (Jersey Dutch)
      - hoi (Papiamentu)
*hawi (Proto-West Germanic)
- hīeġ, hīġ, hēġ (Old English)
  - hey, heyȝ, heygh, hay, ay, heyn, hayn, hei, heiȝ, heigh, hai, hain (Middle English)
    - hay (English)
    - hey (Scots)
    - hye (Yola)
*hawi (Proto-West Germanic)
- hā, hē (Old Frisian)
  - hau (North Frisian)
  - Ho (Saterland Frisian)
  - hea (West Frisian)
*hawi (Proto-West Germanic)
- hewi, houwi, hou (Old High German)
  - höuwe, houwe, höu (Middle High German)
    - Heuw (Alemannic German)
    - ? (Bavarian)
    - Heu (German)
    - Hei (Hunsrik)
    - Hee (Luxembourgish)
    - היי (hey) (Yiddish)
*hawi (Proto-West Germanic)
- hewi, houwi, hou (Old High German)
  - höuwe, houwe, höu (Middle High German)
    - höuwet (Middle High German)
      - Heiet (Bavarian)
      - Heuet (German)
*hawi (Proto-West Germanic)
- hōi, hōgi (Old Saxon)
  - höü, hoy, hey, hou (Middle Low German)
    - Hau (Low German)
hey (Old Norse)
- hø (Danish)
- hoyggj (Faroese)
- hoy (Gutnish)
- hey (Icelandic)
- ?, høy (Norwegian)
hey (Old Norse)
- hø̄ (Old Swedish)
  - hö, hej, hy (Swedish)
𐌷𐌰𐍅𐌹 (hawi) (Gothic)
*āvjē (Proto-Samic)