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

  1. today

Descendants

  • Central Franconian: höck
  • German: heute, Heute
  • Luxembourgish: haut (probably; irregular vocalism)
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