Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To hasten; to go quickly, to hurry. · To hurry (oneself). · To urge (a horse) to the left with a cry of "hie".
intj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA call to turn a horse to the left.
From Middle English hien, hyen, highen, heiȝen, hiȝen, from Old English hīgian (“to hie, hasten, strive”), from Proto-West Germanic *hīgōn, from Proto-Germanic *hīgōną (“to breathe, snort”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱēygʰ- (“swift, fierce, violent”). Cognate with Dutch hijgen (“to pant”), German heichen (“to choke, gasp for breath”), Danish hige (“to aspire, long”), Latin cieō (“set in motion, invoke, provoke”), Ancient Greek κινέω (kinéō, “move, set in motion”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionhienenm
- Inherited-form mentionhīgianang · to hie, hasten, strive
- Inherited-form mention*hīgōngmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*hīgōnągem-pro · to breathe, snort
- Derivation mention*ḱēygʰ-ine-pro · swift, fierce, violent
- Cognate mentionhijgennl · to pant
- Cognate mentionheichende · to choke, gasp for breath
- Cognate mentionhigeda · to aspire, long
- Cognate mentioncieōla · set in motion, invoke, provoke
- Cognate mentionκινέωgrc · move, set in motion
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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