See also: hyd.

English

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Verb

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hyd

  1. simple past of hyde

Phrase

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hyd

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of how('re) you doing. (how are you doing?)

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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hyd (plural hydes or hyden)

  1. Alternative form of hyde (skin)

Etymology 2

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Noun

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hyd (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of hide (concealment, hiding)

Etymology 3

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Verb

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hyd

  1. Alternative form of hyed: simple past/past participle of hyen (to go quickly)

Etymology 4

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Verb

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hyd

  1. Alternative form of hidde: simple past/past participle of hiden (to hide)

Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *hūdi, from Proto-Germanic *hūdiz.

Cognate with Old Frisian hūd, Old Saxon hūt, Old High German hūt, Old Norse húð; and with Latin cutis, Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hȳd f

  1. skin, hide

Declension

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Strong i-stem:

singular plural
nominative hȳd hȳde, hȳda
accusative hȳd, hȳde hȳde, hȳda
genitive hȳde hȳda
dative hȳde hȳdum

Descendants

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  • Middle English: hyde, hyd, hide, hid, hude, huyde, huide (Southern, Southwestern)
    • English: hide
    • Scots: hide, hyde

Slovak

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gydъ.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɦit]
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Noun

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hyd m inan (collective, singular only)

  1. (colloquial) poultry

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gydъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 220

Further reading

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  • hyd”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Welsh

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Etymology

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From Middle Welsh hyt, from Old Welsh hit, from Proto-Celtic *siti- (length).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hyd m (plural hydoedd, not mutable)

  1. length

Derived terms

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Preposition

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hyd (triggers soft mutation)

  1. until
    Synonyms: nes, tan

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Conjunction

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hyd (triggers soft mutation)

  1. until
    Synonyms: hyd nes, nes, tan

Further reading

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hyd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies