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heg.

hedge, hedgerow

3 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɦɛx/
  1. hedge, hedgerow

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch hegge, from Old Dutch *hegga, from Proto-West Germanic *haggju, from Proto-Germanic *hagjō, [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyo-, *kagʰyóm (“enclosure”). Related to English hedge, German Hecke; also Latin cohum, Welsh cae.

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