hie

Meanings

Verb

• To hasten; to go quickly, to hurry.
• To hurry (oneself).

Noun

• Haste; diligence.

Origin

• From Middle English hien, hyen, highen, heiȝen, hiȝen, from Old English hīgian, from Proto-West Germanic *hīgōn, from Proto-Germanic *hīgōną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱēygʰ-.
• Cognate with Dutch hijgen, German heichen, Danish hige, Latin cieō, Ancient Greek κινέω.