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English word origin

Etymology of hush

From Middle English huschen (“to hush”) (as past participle husht (“silent; hushed”) and interjection husht (“quiet!”)). Cognate with Low German huschen, hüssen (“to hush; lull”), German huschen (“to shoo; scurry”), Dani

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
verb

To become quiet. · To make quiet. · To appease; to allay; to soothe.

noun

A silence, especially after some noise.

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

From Middle English huschen (“to hush”) (as past participle husht (“silent; hushed”) and interjection husht (“quiet!”)). Cognate with Low German huschen, hüssen (“to hush; lull”), German huschen (“to shoo; scurry”), Danish hysse (“to hush”), and maybe Albanian hesht.

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
noun

Water which has been used to clear the soil off of some (area of) rock or ore. · A part of a mine or quarry where ore is to be, or has been, excavated by an artificial flow of water.

verb

To rush, to gush. · To send forth a rush of water over (some ground) so as to clear off the soil and other materials overlying, and thus uncover or separate out, ore.

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

Unclear; possibly onomatopoeic.

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