hiutu

Old High German

Etymology

Contraction of *hiu tagu, a relict instrumental case form meaning “on this day”. Compare for the contraction Old Saxon hiudigu and younger hiudu.

Adverb

hiutu

today

Descendants

Middle High German: hiute
- Alemannic German: hüt, hüüd, hit
- Central Franconian: höck, hück, heit, hout
- German: heute, Heute
- Luxembourgish: haut (probably; irregular vocalism)

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