heyra
Icelandic
/ˈheiːra/
verb-weak
Definitions
- (ambitransitive) to hear
- (ambitransitive) to listen
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse heyra derived from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną (hear) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti (be sharp-eared, hear well).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂ḱh₂owsyéti
Gloss
be sharp-eared, hear well
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- behear English
- forehear English
- hark English
- hear English
- hearability English
- hearable English
- hearer English
- hearest English
- heareth English
- hearie English
- hearsome English
- mishear English
- outhear English
- overhear English
- rehear English
- unhear English
- ἀκουστικός Ancient Greek
- *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti Proto-Indo-European
- høre Norwegian Bokmål
- *hauzijaną Proto-Germanic
- høyra Norwegian Nynorsk
- *hercian Old English
- hercnian Old English
- hieran Old English
- hīeran Old English
- heren Middle English
- heyra Old Norse
- hōren Old High German
- hoyra Faroese
- horen Middle High German
- gehéieren Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- héieren Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *hauʀijan gmw-pro
- hòrran Cimbrian
- höarn Cimbrian
- horian Old Saxon
- høra Old Swedish
- høra, hø̄ra Old Swedish
- höir Westrobothnian
- hera Old Frisian
- hōra Old Frisian
- harim Tok Pisin
- høræ Old Danish
- yere Sranan Tongo
- *akouhō Proto-Hellenic