hykle
Danish
[ˈhyɡ̊lə]
verb
Definitions
- be hypocritical, to feign (e.g. piety, goodwill)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German hüchelen derived from Proto-Germanic *hiwją (appearance, shape, blee, form, mildew, hue).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hiwją
Gloss
appearance, shape, blee, form, mildew, hue
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
体
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- behue English
- hue English
- hued English
- hueful English
- hueing English
- hueless English
- huer English
- huesome English
- Heuchler German
- heucheln German
- huichelen Dutch, Flemish
- *kew- Proto-Indo-European
- hykle Norwegian Bokmål
- hykling Norwegian Bokmål
- *hiwją Proto-Germanic
- hyckla Swedish
- hycklare Swedish
- hiw Old English
- hīew Old English
- hewe Middle English
- hý Old Norse
- hykler Danish
- hykleri Danish
- hyklerisk Danish
- 𐌷𐌹𐍅𐌹 Gothic
- *hibus Proto-Finnic
- *hipjä Proto-Finnic
- huchelen Middle Low German
- hüchelen Middle Low German