hoot
/huːt/ · noun
Meaning
- A derisive cry or shout.
- The cry of an owl.
- A fun event or person.
- A small particle; a whit or jot.
- To cry out or shout in contempt.
- To make a hoo, the cry of an owl.
- To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.
- To sound the horn of a vehicle.
- Money, especially in the form of cash given as payment.
- A surname.
Etymology / origin
From Middle English houten, huten, hoten, of North Germanic origin, from or related to Old Swedish huta (“to cast out in contempt”), related to Middle High German hiuzen, hūzen (“to call to pursuit”), Swedish hut! (“begone!”, interjection), Dutch hui (“ho, hallo”), Danish huj (“ho, hallo”).
- huj(da)→
- hui(Dutch)→
- hut(Swedish)→
- hiuzen(gmh)→
- huta(gmq-osw)→
- -(gmq)→
- houten(Middle English)→
- hoot (English)
- Relations: inh, der, der, cog, cog, cog, cog
Related words
Descendant words
- *kuditi(Proto-Slavic) (cog)
- hut(Swedish) (cog)
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