whisper

*ḱweys- (Proto-Indo-European)

*hwis- (Proto-Germanic)

*hwisprōną (Proto-Germanic)

To whistle, hiss, whisper.

hwisprian (Old English)

To whisper.

whisperen (Middle English)

whisper (English)

(intransitive) To make a low, sibilant sound.. (intransitive) To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound.. (intransitive) To speak with suspicion or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting.. (transitive) To [...]