Citations:onomatopœetic

Adjective:

 * 1865, Edward Robinson and Wilhelm Gesenius, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament, Crocker and Brewster; pages iv–v:
 * The main point of distinction was, and is, a more careful and thorough investigation of the primary signification of the Hebrew roots ; the reference of whole families of triliteral roots to single biliteral ones, which are mostly onomatopœetic ; and the illustration of these latter from the analogy of the Indo‐European tongues, viz. the Sanscrit, Zend, Persian, Greek, Latin, Gothic, German, English, and other kindred dialects.