wheeze

English

/ʍiːz/

verb

Definitions

To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English whesen derived from Old Norse hvæsa (hiss) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwes- (pant, puff, sigh).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ḱwes-

Gloss

pant, puff, sigh

Concept

Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

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Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

wheezer English
wheezily English
wheeziness English
wheezy English
queror Latin
*ḱwes- Proto-Indo-European
hvese Norwegian Bokmål
whesen Middle English
hvæsa Old Norse
hvæse Danish
hvæsa Icelandic
wees Westrobothnian
węsa Elfdalian
ساہ Baluchi