Etymograph

English

highreaching

From high + reaching.

A compound of high + reaching

Proto-Indo-European *kewk- ‘to bend’

Proto-Germanic *hauhaz

Proto-West Germanic *hauh

Old English hēah ‘high’

Middle English high

English high

Today it means

adj Extending upward by a long distance; tall.

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

Etymograph / highreaching