hie

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ḱēygʰ-“swift, fierce, violent”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*hīgōną“to breathe, snort”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*hīgōn
4. Old English · inherited fromhīgian“to hie, hasten, strive”
5. Middle English · inherited fromhien
6. English todayhie

From Middle English hien, hyen, highen, heiȝen, hiȝen, from Old English hīgian (“to hie, hasten, strive”), from Proto-West Germanic *hīgōn, from Proto-Germanic *hīgōną (“to breathe, snort”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱēygʰ- (“swift, fierce, violent”). Cognate with Dutch hijgen (“to pant”), German heichen (“to choke, gasp for breath”), Danish hige (“to aspire, long”), Latin cieō (“set in motion, invoke, provoke”), Ancient Greek κινέω (kinéō, “move, set in motion”).