hurry

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ḱers-“to run”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*hurzaną“to rush”
3. Middle English · inherited fromhorien“to rush, impel”
4. English todayhurry

From Middle English horien (“to rush, impel”), probably a variation of hurren (“to vibrate rapidly, buzz”), from Proto-Germanic *hurzaną (“to rush”) (compare Middle High German hurren (“to hasten”), Norwegian hurre (“to whirl around”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”) (compare Latin currō (“to run”), Tocharian A kursär/Tocharian B kwarsär (“league; course”)). Related to hurr, horse, rush. Alternative etymology derives hurry as a variant of harry.

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