gurry

gurry · noun¹

1. Hindi · derived fromगढ़ी“fort”
2. English todaygurry

From Hindi गढ़ी (gaṛhī, “fort”).

gurry · noun²

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gʷʰer-“hot; warm”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*gurą“half-digested stomach contents; faeces; manure”
3. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*gor
4. Old English · derived fromgor“manure, dung, filth, muck, dirt”
5. Middle English · derived fromgore
6. English todaygurry

Origin unknown. Attested from the mid-nineteenth century. Perhaps derived from Middle English gore, gor, gorre (“mud, muck”), from Old English gor (“manure, dung, filth, muck, dirt”), from Proto-West Germanic *gor, from Proto-Germanic *gurą (“half-digested stomach contents; faeces; manure”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“hot; warm”). Compare Saterland Frisian Gorre (“muddy liquid; thick, liquid manure”), Old Norse gorr, gor (“intestines, (half-digested) intestinal contents, filth, dung; peat, silt-esc earth”).

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