The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
Appendix I
Indo-European Roots
ENTRY:
kous-
DEFINITION:
To hear. Oldest form *2kous-.1a.hear, from Old English heran, to hear; b.hearken, from Old English he(o)rcnian, to harken. Both a and b from Germanic *hauzjan;2. Suffixed form *kous-yo-.acoustic, from Greek akouein, to hear. (Pokorny 1. keu- 587.)
2kous-.1a. hear, from Old English h
eran, to hear; b. hearken, from Old English he(o)rcnian, to harken. Both a and b from Germanic *hauzjan; 2. Suffixed form *
