hoesten
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈɦus.tə(n)/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To cough, push air from the lungs forcefully, as because of a cold
- (intransitive) To suffer from a (disease which causes a) cough
- (intransitive) To clear one's throat, notably by emulating the above
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch hoesten inherited from Old Dutch *huoston inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwōstōną derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂s- (cough), *kʷeh₂s- (cough).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kʷeh₂s-
Gloss
cough
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- whoost English
- Huster German
- husten German
- bui Dutch, Flemish
- hoestbui Dutch, Flemish
- op Dutch, Flemish
- ophoesten Dutch, Flemish
- *kʷeh₂s- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷās- Proto-Indo-European
- *hwōstōną Proto-Germanic
- hwōstan Old English
- कासते Sanskrit
- कासिका Sanskrit
- hostyn Middle English
- casacht Irish
- hósta Old Norse
- hoesten Middle Dutch
- huosto Old High German
- huostōn Old High German
- huosten Middle High German
- houschten Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *huoston Old Dutch
- *káHsatay Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Hueste Alemannic German
- *kaʔs(u)lio- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *kāˀsulia Proto-Balto-Slavic