Sough
/saʊ/noun
A soft, murmuring, or rushing sound, especially of wind or water.
Did you know?Sough is one of those rare words whose spelling preserves an old literary tradition, but its sound-history is tangled with another ancient English word for a sigh or soft hiss.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
sūgan
“to suck, draw in”
Middle English
ME
soughen
“to make a murmuring or rushing sound”
15th Century
English
sough
“a low, moaning, or rushing sound”
Modern English
English
sough
“a soft, murmuring sound, especially of wind or water”