Timeline for Yikes! Where did it come from?
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| S Jun 1, 2015 at 11:47 | history | bounty ended | ermanen | ||
| S Jun 1, 2015 at 11:47 | history | notice removed | ermanen | ||
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| May 27, 2015 at 14:47 | history | protected | ermanen | ||
| May 26, 2015 at 13:27 | comment | added | Papa Poule | I don’t speak Dutch and I’m not sure which came first (or if one even came from the other), but someone with knowledge of Dutch might find it worthwhile to explore the similarities between “jakkes” in Dutch and the use of “yikes” and “yuck” when reacting to something gross. | |
| May 26, 2015 at 2:56 | comment | added | rogermue | The interjection yikes for fear/alarm/surprise seems relatively new and the origin unclear. I would be more interested in its use. Did it come up in America, was it typical for a special area, or was it used mainly by women , and other questions of this kind. It may be that it is an interjection found mainly in comic strips. | |
| S May 25, 2015 at 14:47 | history | bounty started | ermanen | ||
| S May 25, 2015 at 14:47 | history | notice added | ermanen | Reward existing answer | |
| May 21, 2015 at 1:13 | answer | added | Hot Licks | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 21, 2015 at 0:54 | answer | added | Sven Yargs | timeline score: 13 | |
| May 20, 2015 at 8:10 | comment | added | Hugo | You should send your antedatings to the OED: public.oed.com/the-oed-today/contribute-to-the-oed | |
| May 19, 2015 at 22:39 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/600792917213589504 | ||
| May 19, 2015 at 20:07 | comment | added | user66974 | I don't know. Apparently there is a thread among all those terms. You were asking about hoicks. As a way to communicate with dogs to attract their attention, it can actually have some connection with the more recents yoicks and the latest yikes. Hoicks: (interjection) a cry used to encourage hounds to hunt (also yoicks) Collins English Dictionary. Origin 1600/1610. | |
| May 19, 2015 at 19:58 | comment | added | ermanen | @Josh61: So the ultimate origin is "bizarre words"? :) | |
| May 19, 2015 at 18:54 | comment | added | user66974 | Could this help? Yikes might derive from fox hunting. There is an older word, yoicks, dating from the mid-18th century, which was used to encourage the hounds to go after the [poor old] fox. By the mid-19th century, it was being used as an exclamation of general excitement. It was hoicks and hoic as early as the 17th century. Masters of hounds have been known for centuries for the bizarre words they use to communicate with their dogs. | |
| May 19, 2015 at 17:44 | history | asked | ermanen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |