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English word high comes from Proto-Indo-European *kū-, and later Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (High.)
*kū- (Proto-Indo-European)
*kūk- (Proto-Indo-European)
*hauhaz (Proto-Germanic)
High.
hēah (Old English)
heah (Old English)
High, tall, great, illustrious.
heih (Middle English)
high (English)
(card games) The highest card dealt or drawn.. (informal) A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.. A drug that gives such a high.. A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.. An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.. The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour [...]