oir

Betekenis (Engels)

to hear

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

[uˈi]

Etymologie (Engels)

Inherited from Latin audīre, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-is-d-, a compound of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewis (“clearly, manifestly”) (from the root *h₂ew- (“to see, perceive”)) and *dʰh₁-ye/o- (“to render”). Doublet with audir.