Etymology

horry

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Today it means: impure; unclean; disgustingly dirty; foul Full definition →

Middle English hory ← Old English horiġ ← Proto-West Germanic *hurhwīg
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*hurhwīgaz“foul, filthy, soiled, unclean”
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*hurhwīg
  3. Old English · inherited fromhoriġ
  4. Middle English · inherited fromhory
  5. English todayhorry

From Middle English hory, hoory, from Old English horiġ, horhiġ (“foul, unclean”), from Proto-West Germanic *hurhwīg, from Proto-Germanic *hurhwīgaz (“foul, filthy, soiled, unclean”). Cognate with Middle High German horwig, horwic, horig, horg (“muddy, filthy”).

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