hora
Faroese
/ˈhoːɹa/
noun
Definitions
- (vulgar) whore, (female) prostitute
- (vulgar) slut
- (nautical) tusk, cusk
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse hóra inherited from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ (adultress, whore) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂ros (loved, dear), *keh₂- (desire, wish).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*keh₂-
Gloss
desire, wish
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
欲
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- huora Finnish
- carus Latin
- cārus Latin
- *keh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *keh₂ro- Proto-Indo-European
- *keh₂ro-, *kāro- Proto-Indo-European
- *keh₂ros Proto-Indo-European
- *kéh₂ros Proto-Indo-European
- *kóh₂-mo-s Proto-Indo-European
- *kóh₂mos Proto-Indo-European
- *kā-ro-s Proto-Indo-European
- *kāro- Proto-Indo-European
- hore Norwegian Bokmål
- *hōraz Proto-Germanic
- *hōrą Proto-Germanic
- *hōrǭ Proto-Germanic
- hore Norwegian Nynorsk
- hore Old English
- hōre Old English
- hór Old Norse
- hóra Old Norse
- kærr Old Norse
- hore Danish
- hóra Icelandic
- huora Old High German
- kārs Latvian
- Fearchar Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- càirdeach Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- càirdeil Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- dlùth-chairdeas Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- dlùth-chairdeil Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- mì-chàirdeil Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- kærur Faroese
- hardelle Norman
- hoor Estonian
- *huora Old Dutch
- *kareti Proto-Celtic
- *káHmas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *kā́ma Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *hōra Old Saxon
- hora Old Swedish
- hōra Old Swedish
- hōra, hora Old Swedish
- *kāros Proto-Italic
- *kāta-ka- Proto-Iranian
- 𐎠𐎿𐎱𐎨𐎴𐎠 Old Persian
- 𐎣𐎠𐎶 Old Persian
- aṅkāre Tocharian B