Proto-Germanic

*hauzijaną

‘to hear’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną.

4 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną, most familiar first.

• hear ← har ← hēran ← *hauʀijan
• hark ← herken ← *hercian ← *hauʀikōn
• mishear ← misheren ← mishīeran ← hīeran ← *hauʀijan
• hearsome ← hersum ← hīersum ← *hauʀisam ← *hauʀijan

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną