hum

hum · noun, verb, interjection¹

1. Middle English · inherited fromhummen“to hum, buzz, drone, make a murmuring sound to cover embarrassment”
2. English todayhum

From Middle English hummen (“to hum, buzz, drone, make a murmuring sound to cover embarrassment”); akin to Dutch hommelen (“to bumble, buzz”), dialectal Dutch hommen (“to buzz, hum”), Middle High German hummen (“to hum”), probably ultimately of imitative origin.

hum · noun²

1. Hokkien · borrowed from蚶
2. English todayhum

Borrowed from Hokkien 蚶 (ham).

Hum · proper noun³

1. Italian · derived fromColmo
2. German · derived fromCholm
3. English todayHum

From German Cholm, from Italian Colmo.

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