hide
English
/haɪd/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To put (something) in a place where it will be harder to discover or out of sight.
- (intransitive) To put oneself in a place where one will be harder to find or out of sight.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English hiden inherited from Old English hȳdan (hide, conceal, preserve) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hūdijaną (conceal, hide) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewdʰ- (encase, wrap, cover, hide, conceal), *(s)kew- (cover, conceal, cloud, hide, commit to cut, equip, hew, perform).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)kew-
Gloss
cover, conceal, cloud, hide, commit to cut, equip, hew, perform
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
雲, 曇
Emoji
🤭 📔
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- all English
- autohide English
- away English
- behind English
- boar English
- boarhide English
- bound English
- calf English
- calfhide English
- cow English
- cowhide English
- cyto- English
- dragon English
- dragonhide English
- geld English
- hidage English
- hidate English
- hidation English
- hiddle English
- hide-all English
- hideable English
- hideaway English
- hidebehind English
- hidebound English
- hided English
- hidegild English
- hideless English
- hidelings English
- hideman English
- hideout English
- hider English
- hidest English
- hidness English
- hidy English
- horse English
- horsehide English
- huddle English
- huddler English
- huddlesome English
- moose English
- moosehide English
- out English
- ox English
- oxhide English
- raw English
- rawhide English
- rawhider English
- rehide English
- syncitium English
- unhide English
- unhidebound English
- *de-obscuricare Latin
- cyta Latin
- cytus Latin
- obscuripennis Latin
- obscuritas Latin
- obscurus Latin
- perobscurus Latin
- obskúrus Hungarian
- cito- Italian
- oscuro Italian
- huiden Dutch, Flemish
- cito- Spanish, Castilian
- obscuro Spanish, Castilian
- κεύθω Ancient Greek
- κύτος Ancient Greek
- σκεῦος Ancient Greek
- ἐπικεύθω Ancient Greek
- *(s)kew- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)kewH- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)kewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *kewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *skuH-ro- Proto-Indo-European
- *hudjǭ Proto-Germanic
- *husǭ Proto-Germanic
- *hūdijaną Proto-Germanic
- *hūdiz Proto-Germanic
- *skiwją Proto-Germanic
- ide Swedish
- ハドル Japanese
- behydan Old English
- forhydan Old English
- hwicce Old English
- hydan Old English
- hīdġield Old English
- hȳdan Old English
- scunian Old English
- *hudelen Middle English
- *hudi, *hidy Middle English
- hided Middle English
- hidel Middle English
- hiden Middle English
- hidnes Middle English
- cíti- Irish
- húð Old Norse
- appelsinhud Danish
- hud Danish
- hudafskrabning Danish
- hudfarve Danish
- hudløs Danish
- -cyt Czech
- -cit Catalan, Valencian
- κύτος Greek (modern)
- cuddio Welsh
- datguddio Welsh
- huden Middle Dutch
- scugin(n)a, scugina Old High German
- hūt Middle High German
- *hūden Old Dutch
- *koudeti Proto-Celtic
- hût Middle Low German
- hiþ Old Swedish
- *kustots Proto-Italic
- scuru Sicilian
- hait Tok Pisin
- Huut Low German
- Haut Pennsylvania German
- ox
- out
- all
- cow
- raw
- boar
- away
- calf
- geld
- hidy
- horse
- cyto-
- bound
- hided
- hider
- moose
- rehide
- hiddle
- hidage
- hidate
- unhide
- dragon
- huddle
- oxhide
- behind
- hidest
- cowhide
- huddler
- hideman
- hidness
- rawhide
- hideout
- rawhider
- hideaway
- hidation
- calfhide
- hideless
- hidegild
- boarhide
- autohide
- hide-all
- hideable
- syncitium
- hidebound
- hidelings
- moosehide
- horsehide
- hidebehind
- huddlesome
- dragonhide
- unhidebound