English

fedge

Blend of fence + hedge.

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- ‘to strike, slay, kill’

Old French defens

Middle English fence

English fence

Proto-Indo-European *kagʰ- ‘to keep, enclose’

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Proto-Germanic *hagjō

Proto-West Germanic *haggju

Old English heċġ ‘fence’

Middle English hegge ‘a hedge’

English hedge

Today it means

noun A fence made up of living plants, especially willow, thus somewhat resembling a hedge.

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