English

hedgebote

Hedgebote comes from Middle English hege botte.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of hedge + bote

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

Proto-Indo-European *bʰed- ‘to improve, make better’

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Proto-Germanic *bōtō ‘recompense’

Proto-West Germanic *bōtu ‘recompense, atonement’

Old English bōt ‘help, relief, advantage, remedy’

Middle English bōte ‘advantage, benefit, profit’

English bote

Every English word from Middle English hege botte

noun A haybote.

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