Etymology: < gush v.

Etymology: Middle English gosshe, gusche; as the word is wanting in Old English and the other Germanic languages, there is nothing to forbid the supposition that it originated onomatopoeically in Middle English. If it be of pre-English origin, it must apparently be a derivative with suffix k or sk from the weak grade of one of the Germanic roots *geut- or *geus- (see below), in which case its echoic expressiveness would be an accidental development. The current but phonologically untenable view is that the word is an adoption of some one of the Scandinavian or Low German words representing the Germanic root *geus- (:gaus- : gūs- ), several of which closely resemble it in sound and sense; compare, for instance, Old Norse giósa strong verb, to spurt, gush, modern Icelandic gusa a gush, gusa weak verb, to gush, Middle Dutch goysen (Dutch dialect guisen , guizen , goezen ), Dutch gutsen , gudsen to gush. The root *geus- (which does not occur in Old English) is usually regarded as derived < pre-Germanic *gheud- (Germanic *geut- , Old English géotan to pour: see yet v., also gote n., gut n.) + suffix t, according to the phonetic law by which a dental + t became in Old Germanic ss, simplified after a long vowel or diphthong to s; the weak form gus- with single s being developed analogically.

Etymology: < gush v.The reading gush, given by N.E.D. (1900) in the following example, is mistaken:1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. v. sig. H4^v He that dyes drunke, falls into hell fire like a Bucket a water, qush, qush.