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hut

“hut” is a Swedish word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

  1. dog command for calling off and silencing (driving) dogs en pursuit
  2. respect, good manners (how to behave), (ability to feel appropriate) shame

interjection

  1. behave!
  2. begone! (dog command for calling off and silencing and (driving) dogs en pursuit)

Etymology

Of imitative origin. Originally a call to stop, chase away, or silence dogs. The noun is attested since 1645, but the root appears earlier in Old Swedish huta (verb). The cognates Middle High German hiuzen, hūzen (“to call to pursuit”) suggests a potential Pan-Germanic forefather, likely involving dog command during hunts, Proto-Germanic *hūt-. See more at English hoot.

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