hurdle
English
/ˈhɜːdəl/, /ˈhɝdəl/
noun
Definitions
- An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race.
- A perceived obstacle.
- A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for enclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.
- (UK) A sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution.
- (T-flapping)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English hurdel inherited from Old English hyrdel (frame of intertwined twigs used as a temporary barrier) derived from Proto-Germanic *hurdiz (frame, wickerwork) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kreh₂-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kreh₂-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hurdlemaker English
- hurdler English
- hurdlesome English
- hurdlework English
- maker English
- cartallus Latin
- Hürde German
- horde Dutch, Flemish
- hordeloop Dutch, Flemish
- κάρταλλος Ancient Greek
- *k(e)rt- Proto-Indo-European
- *kreh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *hurdilaz Proto-Germanic
- *hurdiz Proto-Germanic
- ハードル Japanese
- *hyrd Old English
- hyrdel Old English
- hirdel Middle English
- hurdel Middle English
- hurð Old Norse
- خرطال Arabic
- hurt Middle High German
- 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐍃 Gothic
- *bihordan Frankish
- קרטל Aramaic