hug
English
/hʌɡ/
noun
Definitions
- A close embrace, especially when charged with such an emotion as represented by: affection, joy, relief, lust, anger, agression, compassion, and the like, as opposed to being characterized by formality, equivocation or ambivalence (a half-embrace or "little hug").
- A particular grip in wrestling.
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse hugga (console, comfort) derived from Proto-Germanic *hugiz (mind, thought, sense, understanding, heart, spirit).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hugiz
Gloss
mind, thought, sense, understanding, heart, spirit
Concept
Semantic Field
Cognition
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
霊
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Hugh English
- box English
- bro English
- bro-hug English
- brohug English
- cyberhug English
- e-hug English
- hiphugger English
- hugaholic English
- hugbox English
- hugfest English
- huggability English
- huggable English
- huggableness English
- huggably English
- huggee English
- hugger English
- huggest English
- hugginess English
- huggle English
- huggler English
- huggly English
- huggy English
- hugless English
- hugsome English
- man English
- manhug English
- nuthugger English
- overhug English
- pounce English
- pouncehug English
- semihug English
- unhug English
- unhuggable English
- Hugues French
- *hugiz Proto-Germanic
- *hugōną Proto-Germanic
- hyge Old English
- hygerof Old English
- hygeþrym Old English
- hyġe Old English
- hugga Old Norse
- hugr Old Norse
- Hubert Old French
- Hugo Old French
- Hugon Old French
- hugga Icelandic
- huggun Icelandic
- hugu Old High German
- 𐌷𐌿𐌲𐍃 Gothic
- *hugi Old Dutch
- hogher Old Swedish