English word high comes from Proto-Indo-European *kū-, and later Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (High.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*kū- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
*kūk- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
*hauhaz | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | High. |
hēah | Old English (ang) | |
heah | Old English (ang) | High, tall, great, illustrious. |
heih | Middle English (enm) | |
high | English (en) | (card games) The highest card dealt or drawn.. (informal) A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.. A drug that gives such a high.. A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.. An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.. The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour [...] |