*hugiz

Runic: ᚺᚢᚷᛁᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈxu.ɣiz/

noun · masculine · i-stem

Meanings

mind, thought, sense, understanding

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱk-í-s ~ *ḱk-éy-s, from *ḱek- (‘to be able, capable’), whence Proto-Germanic *hagaz (‘skilled, abled’), Old Irish cécht (‘might’), Sanskrit शकत् (śákat) (śákat, ‘to be able’), Younger Avestan 𐬯𐬁𐬗𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬧𐬙𐬌 (sācaiiaṇti) (sācaiiaṇti, ‘to learn, understand’), Younger Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬱𐬐𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬆𐬨𐬀 (saškuštəma) (saškuštəma, ‘the best understanding’).

Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeḱ- (‘to see, look’), or perhaps Proto-Indo-European *ḱewk- (‘flare up, glow’), whence Sanskrit शुच्यति (śúcyati) (śúcyati, ‘to glow, shine; to hurt’) (though the semantics for the latter suggestion are more tenuous).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.hugizhugīz
Acc.hugįhuginz
Gen.hugīzhugijǫ̂
Dat.hugīhugimaz
Inst.hugīhugimiz
Voc.hugihugīz

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Descendants

  • *hugi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *hugi (Old Dutch)
      • hōge, huege (Middle Dutch)
        • heug (Dutch)
          • heuch (West Frisian)
  • *hugi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • hyġe, hiġe (Old English)
      • hige, huȝe, huiȝe, hiȝe, huie, hiȝ, hie (Middle English)
  • *hugi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • hei (Old Frisian)
      • huwggje (North Frisian)
  • *hugi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *hugi (Old High German)
      • huge, hoge, hüge (Middle High German)
  • *hugi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • hugi (Old Saxon)
      • hoge, höge (Middle Low German)
        • Höög (Low German)
  • hugr (Old Norse)
    • hugur (Faroese)
    • hugur (Icelandic)
    • hug (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • hugr (Old Norse)
    • hugh (Old Danish)
      • hu, hov (Danish)
  • hugr (Old Norse)
    • hugher, hogher (Old Swedish)
      • hug, håg (Swedish)
  • 𐌷𐌿𐌲𐍃 (hugs) (Gothic)

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