Etymograph

English

hecher

Hecher comes from Yiddish הויך ‘higher, louder’, from Old High German hōh ‘high’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kewk- ‘to elevate’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kewk-‘to elevate’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kówk-o-sreconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hauhaz‘high’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hauh‘high’reconstructed
  5. Old High Germanc. 750–1050hōh‘high’
  6. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350hōch
  7. Yiddishmodernהויךhekheras העכער‘higher, louder’
  8. Englishtodayhecher

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kewk-‘to elevate’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kówk-o-sreconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hauhaz‘high’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hauh‘high’reconstructed
  5. Old High Germanc. 750–1050hōh‘high’
  6. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350hōch
  7. Yiddishmodernהויךhekheras העכער‘higher, louder’
  8. Englishtodayhecher

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *kewk- ‘to elevate’

huge, haughty, 5 more

through Proto-Germanic *hauhaz ‘high’

highly, height, 3 more

through Proto-West Germanic *hauh ‘high’

high, 2 more

Today it means

adj louder

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kewk- / hecher

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