Reconstruction:Old Dutch/huggen

This Old Dutch 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.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From a merger of:

  1. Proto-West Germanic *huggjan, from Proto-Germanic *hugjaną
  2. Proto-West Germanic *hugōn, from Proto-Germanic *hugōną.

Verb

*huggen

  1. to think, consider
  2. to remember

Inflection

Derived terms

  • gihuggen
  • irhuggen

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: hōgen, huegen

Further reading

  • *hugen”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012