Proto-Germanic

*hawwaną

‘to hew, to chop’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *hawwaną.

9 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną, most familiar first.

• hay ← hey ← hīeġ ← *hawi ← *hawją
• hog ← hogg ← hǫggva
• hoe ← howe ← houe ← *hauwā ← *hauwan
• hoy ← Heu ← höuwe ← hewi ← *hawi
• hag ← hǫgg ← hǫggva
• haggis ← hagis ← haggen ← hǫggva ← hēawan
• hew ← hewen ← hēawan ← *hauwan
• behew ← behewen ← behēawan ← hēawan
• forhew ← forhēawan ← hēawan

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *hawwaną