Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰers-
4 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers-, most common first.
- hearseA framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies.
- grueTo be frightened; also, to shudder with fear; to quake, to tremble.
- horripilateTo bristle in fear or horror; to have goose bumps or goose pimples.
- ordureDung, excrement.