Where does “huddling” come from?
Huddling derives from Middle English hudelen, itself from huderen and hiden, tracing back through Old English hȳdan and Proto-Germanic hūdijaną to the Proto-Indo-European root (s)kewdʰ-.
huddling (English): present participle of huddle
Definitions
- present participle of huddle
Ancestry of “huddling”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | huddle | A dense and disorderly crowd; A brief meeting of... |
| 2 | Middle English | hudelen | — |
| 3 | Middle English | huderen | — |
| 4 | Middle English | hoderen | to cover; press together; huddle |
| 5 | Middle English | huden | — |
| 6 | Old English | hȳdan | to hide, conceal, preserve; to conceal; hide |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hūdijaną | to hide, conceal |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewdʰ- | to cover, encase; to hide, conceal; to cover,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kew- | to caw, to howl; to cover, hide; to cover, hide,... |