The story
- Proto-Germanic · inherited from*gurą“half-digested stomach contents; feces; manure”
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gʷʰer-“warm; hot”
- Proto-Germanic · inherited from*gurwijō“mud”
- Old English · inherited fromon
- Middle English · inherited fromJarwe
- English todayJarrow
From Middle English Jarwe, Jaruum, from Old English on Ġyrwum (“(at the) marshes”) (Latin: in Gyruum), dative plural of ġyru (“mud; marsh”), from Proto-Germanic *gurwijō (“mud”) from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm; hot”). Related to gore, from Proto-Germanic *gurą (“half-digested stomach contents; feces; manure”). The dʒ sound in Middle English j derives from a nasal before palatalised ġ (compare singe).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishon all →
onamidstabedaslant
Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰer- all →
thermalgoregurry
Proto-Germanic*gurą all →
goregurry
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.