English
hedgewise
From hedge + -wise.
Formed from hedge + -wise
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
adv In the manner of a hedge.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hedgewise