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hoh

hoh

See also: höh and HOH

Old High German

Adjective

hōh

  1. high

Derived terms

Descendants

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (compare Old High German hōh, Old English hēah, Old Dutch hōh, Old Norse hár), from Proto-Indo-European *kewk-, a suffixed form of *kew-. The Indo-European root is also the source of Sanskrit कुच ‎(kuca, “female breast”), Lithuanian kaukas, Russian куча ‎(kuča). For more Germanic cognates: see Proto-Germanic *hauhaz.

Adjective

hōh

  1. high

Declension


Descendants

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (compare Old Saxon hōh, Old English hēah, Old Dutch hōh, Old Norse hár), from Proto-Indo-European *kewk-, a suffixed form of *kew-. The Indo-European root is also the source of Sanskrit कुच ‎(kuca, “female breast”), Lithuanian kaukas, Russian куча ‎(kuča). For more Germanic cognates: see Proto-Germanic *hauhaz.

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