Etymology

hush

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Today it means: To become quiet. Full definition →

Middle English huschen
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hush · verb, noun1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromhuschen“to hush”
  2. English todayhush

From Middle English huschen (“to hush”) (as past participle husht (“silent; hushed”) and interjection husht (“quiet!”)). Cognate with Low German huschen, hüssen (“to hush; lull”), German huschen (“to shoo; scurry”), Danish hysse (“to hush”), and maybe Albanian hesht.

hush · verb, noun2

Unclear; possibly onomatopoeic.

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