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English word origin

Etymology of hod

Borrowed from Scots hod (“to jog along on horseback”), probably related to hotch (“(verb) to move up and down jerkily, bob; to jog along on horseback; to hop like a frog; to fidget; to shrug; to heave with laughter; to c

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
verb

To bob up and down on horseback, as an inexperienced rider may do; to jog.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Borrowed from Scots hod (“to jog along on horseback”), probably related to hotch (“(verb) to move up and down jerkily, bob; to jog along on horseback; to hop like a frog; to fidget; to shrug; to heave with laughter; to cause to move jerkily; to shift in a sitting position to make room for others; to be overrun with; to swarm; (figuratively) to be angry; (noun) a jerk, jolt; a shrug; a fidget, twitch; a swarm of vermin; large, ungainly woman; untidy woman (figuratively) a hostile encounter, clash; state of disorder and filth, mess”) (whence English hotch (“to move irregularly up and down; to swarm”) (chiefly Scotland)), from Late Middle English hotchen (“to move jerkily, jolt; to attack (someone) (?)”), from Anglo-Norman hocher (“to shake (something) to and fro, jostle; to attack”) and Middle French hocher, Middle French, Old French hochier (“to shake (something) to and fro, jostle; to be unstable or wobbly, shake”) (modern French hocher (“to nod the head”)), from Frankish *hotsōn, *hottisōn, from *hottōn (“to shake; to toss”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hud- (“to shake”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ket- or *kwēt- (“to rock back and forth; to shake”), probably originally onomatopoeic. Compare Scots hotter (“(verb) to move in a jerky, uneven manner; to jolt; to shake; to walk unsteadily, totter; to shiver, shudder; to shake (with laughter); of liquid, etc.: to boil, bubble, seethe, sputter; to crowd, swarm; (noun) jolting or shaking; rattling sound; bubbling of boiling liquid; a shake, shiver; crowd, seething mass; motion or noise of such a crowd; jumbled heap”)). Cognates * Middle Dutch hutsen (modern Dutch hutsen (“to jog, jolt; to shake”)), Middle Dutch hotsen (modern Dutch hotsen, hossen (“to shake or swing to and fro; to run quickly”)) * German hotzen (“to shake or swing to and fro; to run quickly”) (Southern Germany) * Low German hūdern (“to shake; to shudder”) * Middle High German hozzen (“act of swinging someone to and fro to punish them (?)”) * Old English hūdenian (“to rock back and forth, shake, sway”)

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Borrowed-form mentionhodsco · to jog along on horseback
  • Cognate mentionhotchen · to move irregularly up and down; to swarm
  • Inherited-form mentionhotchenenm · to move jerkily, jolt; to attack (someone) (?)
  • Derivation mentionhocherfrm
  • Derivation mentionhochierfro · to shake (something) to and fro, jostle; to be unstable or wobbly, shake
  • Cognate mentionhocherfr · to nod the head
  • Derivation mention*hud-gem-pro · to shake
  • Derivation mention*(s)ket-ine-pro
  • Cognate mentionhottersco · (verb) to move in a jerky, uneven manner; to jolt; to shake; to walk unsteadily, totter; to shiver, shudder; to shake (with laughter); of liquid, etc.: to boil, bubble, seethe, sputter; to crowd, swarm; (noun) jolting or shaking; rattling sound; bubbling of boiling liquid; a shake, shiver; crowd, seething mass; motion or noise of such a crowd; jumbled heap
  • Cognate mentionhutsendum
  • Cognate mentionhutsennl · to jog, jolt; to shake
  • Cognate mentionhotsendum
  • Cognate mentionhotsennl
  • Cognate mentionhotzende · to shake or swing to and fro; to run quickly
  • Cognate mentionhūdernnds · to shake; to shudder
  • Cognate mentionhozzengmh · act of swinging someone to and fro to punish them (?)
  • Cognate mentionhūdenianang · to rock back and forth, shake, sway
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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
noun

A three-sided box mounted on a pole for carrying bricks, mortar, or other construction materials over the shoulder. · The amount of material held by a hod (sense 1); a hodful. · A blowpipe used by a pewterer. · A bookmaker's bag.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Probably an alteration of hot (“(Northern England, Scotland) large basket for carrying earth, etc.”), from Middle English hott, hote, hotte (“large basket or pannier for carrying earth, etc.; unit of measure for grain; hut or shed (perhaps originally of wattlework); lump of dirt (?)”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman and Old French hote, hotte (“large basket carried on the back”) (modern French hotte (“carrying basket”)), from Frankish *hotta (“basket”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *hud- (“to shake”) (see further at etymology 1), ultimately an onomatopoeia of the swaying movement of such a basket (compare Middle Dutch hotten (“to jolt; shake”)). Cognates German Hotte (“wooden basket carried on the back; (specifically) basket for collecting grapes from a vineyard”) (Rhineland, Swabia), Hutte (“basket for collecting grapes from a vineyard”) (Alsace, Switzerland) Late Latin hotta, hottus (“hod”)

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Inherited-form mentionhottenm
  • Derivation mentionhotefro
  • Cognate mentionhottefr · carrying basket
  • Derivation mention*hud-gem-pro · to shake
  • Cognate mentionhottendum · to jolt; shake

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