English

heighth

Heighth comes from Old English hīehþu ‘highness, height’, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz ‘high’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kewk- ‘to bend’.

Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kewk-‘to bend’reconstructed
Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kówkosreconstructed
Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hauhaz‘high’reconstructed
Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hauhiþō‘highness, height’reconstructed
Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hauhiþu‘height’reconstructed
Old Englishc. 450–1150hīehþuas hēahþu‘highness, height’
Englishearliest quotation 1636heighth

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kewk-‘to bend’reconstructed
Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kówkosreconstructed
Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hauhaz‘high’reconstructed
Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hauhiþō‘highness, height’reconstructed
Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hauhiþu‘height’reconstructed
Old Englishc. 450–1150hīehþuas hēahþu‘highness, height’
Englishearliest quotation 1636heighth

Earliest quotation: 1636, Peter Ramus, Enginees: “And from hence also shall be the geodesy of…”

Formed from high + -th

Proto-Indo-European *kewk- ‘to bend’

Proto-Germanic *hauhaz

Proto-West Germanic *hauh

Old English hēah ‘high’

Middle English high

English high

Linked words

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

huge, highly, haughty, 6 more

through Proto-Germanic *hauhaz ‘high’

high, 5 more

Today it means

noun —

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

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

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