hoarse
English
/hoɹs/, /hɔːs/, /hoəs/
adj
Definitions
- Having a dry, harsh tone to the voice, as a result of a sore throat, age, emotion, etc.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English hors (horse) inherited from Old English hās inherited from Proto-Germanic *haisaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*haisaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hoarsely English
- hoarsen English
- hoarseness English
- heiser German
- hes Norwegian Bokmål
- heshet Norwegian Bokmål
- *haisaz Proto-Germanic
- hås Norwegian Nynorsk
- has Old English
- hors Old English
- hās Old English
- hors Middle English
- hors her Middle English
- hors sho Middle English
- horsbak Middle English
- horscomb Middle English
- horsen Middle English
- horsman Middle English
- horsmynte Middle English
- horstaile Middle English
- hos Middle English
- hosely Middle English
- hosnesse Middle English
- háss Old Norse
- hás Icelandic
- heis Old High German
- heiser Middle High German
- hås Westrobothnian
- hairse Scots
- hás Jamtish