English

hedgebill

Hedgebill comes from Middle English hege byllys.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of hedge + bill

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

Medieval Latin bulla ‘seal’

Old French bulle ‘seal’

Anglo-Norman bille

Middle English bille

English bill

Every English word from Middle English hege byllys

noun A hedger's tool resembling a sickle.

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