whoost
English
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Etymology 1
From Middle English hostyn, from Old English hwōstan (“to cough”), from Proto-Germanic *hwōstōną, *hwōstāną (“to cough”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷās- (“to cough”). Cognate with Scots whust (“to cough”), Saterland Frisian hoostje (“to cough”), West Frisian hoastje (“to cough”), Dutch hoesten (“to cough”), German Low German hoosten (“to cough”), Danish hoste (“to cough”), Swedish hosta (“to cough”), Icelandic hósta (“to cough”). Non-Germanic cognates include Irish casacht (“cough”) and Welsh pas (“cough”).
Verb
whoost (third-person singular simple present whoosts, present participle whoosting, simple past and past participle whoosted)
- (intransitive, dialectal) To cough.
Etymology 2
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English host, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English hwōsta (“a cough”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *hwōstô (“a cough”). Cognate with German Huste (“a cough”), Alemannic Wüeste (“a cough”), Danish hoste (“a cough”), Icelandic hósti (“a cough”).
Noun
whoost (plural whoosts)
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