hiccup

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Noun

1. A spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound.
2. A spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound.
3. (broadly) Any spasm or sudden change.
4. (informal) A minor obstacle or setback.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To produce a hiccup; have the hiccups.
2. (transitive) To say with a hiccup.
3. (intransitive) To produce an abortive sound like a hiccup.

Hevwate

hiccough

singultus

burp

belch

howl

kink

retch

stand on tiptoe

hickup

catch

hiccups

hitch

Werger

hoquet

hipo

hoqueter

Schluckauf

singhiozzo

hik

hikken

soluço

😭

soluçar

singhiozzare

😭

avoir le hoquet

Schluckauf haben

singlot

hicksen

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/ˈhɪkʌp/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Hevwate bi skotî: hick

Hevwate bi frîsî: hik

Hevwate bi holendî: hik

Hevwate bi Middle Low German: hükup

Hevwate bi nedersaksî: hick

Hevwate bi almanî: hicksen

Hevwate bi elmanîşî: Hidsgi

Hevwate bi danmarkî: hikke

Hevwate bi swêdî: hicka

Hevwate bi îzlendî: hiksti

In summary

From earlier hickop, alteration of earlier hicket, hyckock, from hic (onomatopoeic) + -ock (diminutive suffix).
Akin to Scots hick, hix (“hiccup”), West Frisian hik (“hiccup”), Dutch hik (“hiccup”), Middle Low German hükup, huckup, hueckup (modern Low German hick (“hiccup”)), German hicksen (“to hiccup”, verb), Alemannic German Hidsgi (“hiccup”), Danish hikke (“hiccup”), Swedish hicka (“hiccup”), hicka (“to hiccup”, verb), Icelandic hiksti (“hiccup”).
Displaced yex, from Middle English yexen, ȝisken, ȝixen, ȝoxen (“to hiccup”), from Old English ġiscian, ġeocsian (“to hiccup”).