Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden. · A barrier (often consisting of a line of persons or objects) to protect someone or something from harm. · A mound of earth, stone- or turf-faced, often topped with bushes, used as a fence between any two portions of land. · A noncommittal or intentionally ambiguous statement.
From Middle English hegge, from Old English heċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *haggju, from Proto-Germanic *hagjō, from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyóm (“enclosure”). Cognate with Dutch heg, German Hecke. Doublet of hey (a choreographic figure) and quay. More at haw.
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