ouir

• ouï (Jersey)

From Old French oïr, from Latin audīre (“to hear, listen”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-is-d-, from the root *h₂ew- (“to see, perceive”).

ouir

1. (Guernsey) to hear
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎^[1], page 514:

     Ecoute-paret jamais n'ot dret.

     An eavesdropper never hears good.

• oir, oyr, ouvyr

From Latin audīre, a compound of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewis (“clearly, manifestly”) (from the root *h₂ew- (“to see, perceive”)) and *dʰh₁-ye/o- (“to render”).

• IPA^(key): /owˈiɾ/

ouir

1. to hear

Via oyr:

• Galician: oír

Via ouvyr:

• Eonavian: ouguir
• Galician: ouvir
• → Mirandese: oubir
• Portuguese: ouvir (see there for further descendants)