högd

See also: hogd and høgd

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From haug (“tall”). Cognate with Old Norse hæð or derived from it; ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hauhiþō. Compare Swedish höjd, Dutch hoogte, Old High German hohida, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌹𐌸𐌰 (hauhiþa), English height.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [hɞ́ɡ̊d̥] (example of pronunciation)
    Rhymes: -ɞ́ɡd, -ǿɡd

Noun

högd f (definite singular högda)

  1. Height.[1]

References
  1. Larsson, Evert, Söderström, Sven, “höjd s. högd”, in Hössjömålet : ordbok över en sydvästerbottnisk dialekt [The Hössjö speech: dictionary of a southern Westrobothnian dialect] (in Swedish) →ISBN, page 95
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