Etymology

hairen

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Today it means: Consisting or made of hair Full definition →

Middle English heeren ← Old English hǣren ← Proto-West Germanic *hārīn
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*hārīn
  2. Old English · inherited fromhǣren“made of hair”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromheeren
  4. English todayhairen

From Middle English heeren, from Old English hǣren (“made of hair”), from Proto-West Germanic *hārīn, equivalent to hair + -en (“made of”). Cognate with Scots hairen, hairn, herin (“made of hair”), German hären (“made of hair”).

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