Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hawją

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from a ja-collective form of *hawwaną (“to hew; cut down”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɑw.jɑ̃/

Noun

*hawją n

1. hay

Inflection

neuter ja-stemDeclension of *hawją (neuter ja-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hawją	*hawjō
vocative	*hawją	*hawjō
accusative	*hawją	*hawjō
genitive	*hawjas, *hawis	*hawjǫ̂
dative	*hawjai	*hawjamaz
instrumental	*hawjō	*hawjamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *hawi
  • Old English: hīeġ, hīġ, hēġ
    • Middle English: hey, heyȝ, heygh, hay, ay, heyn, hayn, hei, heiȝ, heigh, hai, hain
      • English: hay
      • Scots: hey
      • Yola: hye, hey
  • Old Frisian: hā, hē
    • North Frisian: hau
    • Saterland Frisian: Ho
    • West Frisian: hea
  • Old Saxon: hōi, hōgi
    • Middle Low German: höü, hoy, hey, hou
      • Low German: Hau

        Dutch Low Saxon: heui

        German Low German: Hei, Heu

        Plautdietsch: Hei

  • Old Dutch: houwi, houwe
    • Middle Dutch: houwe, hoj, hoy
      • Dutch: hooi
        • Afrikaans: hooi
        • Jersey Dutch: hôi
        • → Papiamentu: hoi
      • Limburgish: heuj
  • Old High German: hewi, houwi, hou
    • Middle High German: höuwe, houwe, höu
      • Alemannic German: Heuw
      • Bavarian:

        Cimbrian: höobe

        Mòcheno: hei

      • German: Heu
      • Hunsrik: Hei
      • Luxembourgish: Hee
      • Yiddish: היי (hey)
      • ⇒ Middle High German: höuwet
        • Bavarian: Heiet

          Cimbrian: höbiat (“July”), hubiot (Sette Comuni)

        • German: Heuet
• Old Norse: hey
  • Icelandic: hey
  • Faroese: hoyggj
  • Norwegian: høy
  • Old Swedish: hø̄
    • Swedish: hö, (dialectal) hej, hy
  • Danish: hø
  • Gutnish: hoy
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐍅𐌹 (hawi)
• → Proto-Samic: *āvjē (see there for further descendants)