whoost
English
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To cough.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English hostyn inherited from Old English hwōstan (cough) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwōstōną inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kʷās- (cough).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kʷās-
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
- Huster German
- husten German
- hoestbui Dutch, Flemish
- hoesten Dutch, Flemish
- ophoesten Dutch, Flemish
- *kʷeh₂s- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷās- Proto-Indo-European
- *hwōstōną Proto-Germanic
- hosta Swedish
- hwōstan Old English
- hostyn Middle English
- casacht Irish
- hósta Old Norse
- hósti Old Norse
- hoste Danish
- hostesaft Danish
- hoesten Middle Dutch
- huosto Old High German
- huostōn Old High German
- huosten Middle High German
- *huoston Old Dutch
- hôst Middle Low German
- Hueste Alemannic German
- hōsta, hosta Old Swedish
- Hoost Plautdietsch