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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *xaxwō, *xa(g)wjá-n
Meaning: hay
IE etymology: IE etymology
Gothic: hawi n. (ja) `hay'
Old Norse: hā f. `Grummet, Nachtmahd'; hey
Norwegian: hɔ, hɔv, hon; höy
Swedish: hö; dial. hɔv, hɔ
Danish:
Old English: hīg (hēg) `hay, mown grass'
English: hay
Old Frisian:
Old Saxon: hōi
Middle Dutch: hooy, hoy
Dutch: hooi n.
Middle Low German: höü
Old High German: hewi (10.Jh.), houwi (9.Jh.)
Middle High German: höuwe, houwe, höu, hou (-w-) st. n. 'heu, gras'
German: Heu n.
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *k'ēkʷ-
Meaning: hay
Old Indian: śāka- m., n. `potherb, vegetable, greens'
Baltic: *čē̂k-a- (2) c., *čē̂k-ā̂ (2) f., *čāk=
Germanic: *xaxw-ō f., *xa(g)w-já- n.
Russ. meaning: сено
References: WP I 381
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *čē̂k-a- (2) c., *čē̂k-ā̂ (2) f., *čāk=
Meaning: fresh hay
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: šḗka-s `frisch gehauenes (Grün)futter'
Lettish: sę̂ks, sę̂ka2 `frisch gemähtes Gras; Klee, Wicke; schlecht gewachsenes, kurzes Heu'
Old Prussian: schokis `Gras' V. 283
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 876
Root: k̂ēko-
English meaning: green grass, green fodder
German meaning: `Grünfutter, frisches eßbares Grün'
Material: Ai. śāka- m. n. `eßbares Kraut, Gemüse';

    lit. šė́kas `frisch gemähtes Gras, Grünfutter', lett. sēks ds., apr. schokis `Gras' (dies zunächst aus *sjākas; -jā- aus -ē-?);

    aisl. f. `Grummet' (wohl aus germ. *hēhōn-).

References: WP. I 381.
Pages: 544
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