on high

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɒn ˈhaɪ/
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• General-American: /ɑn ˈhaɪ/
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• rhymes with -aɪ
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From Middle English on heigh, on an heigh (“in or into heaven; up to heaven”) [and other forms], from Old English on hēagum (“on high”); hēagum is an inflected form of hēah (“high; tall”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (“height; to elevate”). The English word is equivalent to on + high. Compare Dutch omhoog (“upwards, on high”), West Frisian omheech (“upwards”).

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: omhoog — to a high position; or up in, or to, the sky — see also above, aloft
• Ancient Greek: ὕψι (húpsi) — to a high position; or up in, or to, the sky — see also above, aloft
• Ancient Greek: ὑψοῦ (hupsoû) — to a high position; or up in, or to, the sky — see also above, aloft
• Ido: supre — to a high position; or up in, or to, the sky — see also above, aloft
• Irish: suas — to a high position; or up in, or to, the sky — see also above, aloft
• Latin: altē — to a high position; or up in, or to, the sky — see also above, aloft
• Pipil: ajku — to a high position; or up in, or to, the sky — see also above, aloft
• Russian: свысока́ (svysoká) — to a high position; or up in, or to, the sky — see also above, aloft
• Sanskrit: बृहत् (bṛhat) — to a high position; or up in, or to, the sky — see also above, aloft
• Tamil: ஏற (ēṟa) — to a high position; or up in, or to, the sky — see also above, aloft
• Dutch: omhoog — up in, or to, Heaven
• Swedish: i höjden — up in, or to, Heaven