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Where does “hisse” come from?

hisse (French) comes from French hisser, from German hissen, from Middle Low German hissen.

hisse (French): first-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “hisse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhisserto hoist, to raise; to rise through the ranks
2Germanhissento hoist
3Middle Low Germanhissen—
Every word from Middle Low German hissen →