Where does “hear” come from?
Hear comes from Middle English heren, from Middle English here, from Proto-Germanic hauzijaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ḱh₂owsyéti, which is derived from the root h₂eḱ-.
hear (English): To perceive sounds through the ear; To perceive ...
Definitions
- To perceive sounds through the ear; To perceive ...
Ancestry of “hear”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | hier | — |
| 2 | Old High German | hier | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *hēr | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hē₂r | here, in this place |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 6 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 7 | German | kitt | — |
| 8 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
Words derived from “hear”