yex

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (archaic, intransitive) To hiccup.
2. (archaic, intransitive) To belch or burp.

Noun

A hiccup.

Vertalings

hoqueter

roter

Schluckauf haben

avoir le hoquet

hikken

soluçar

hipar

hıçkırmak

singlotar

hıçkırık tutmak

hicksen

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/jɛks/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: yexen

Geërf van Old English: ġeocsian

Verwante met Middle Low German: gischen

Verwante met Middle High German: geschen

Geërf van Middle English: ȝeoxe

Geërf van Old English: ġeoxa

In summary

From Middle English yexen, yixen, yesken, from Old English ġeocsian, ġiscian (“to hiccup”), from Proto-West Germanic *giskōn (“to yawn”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeys- (“gaping, cracked”). Cognate with Middle Low German gischen (“to sob, sigh”), Middle High German geschen, gischen (“to yawn, gape”).