Etymology

underfur

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Today it means: The thick, soft undercoat of some mammals, especially those that spend time in the water Full definition →

English fur ← Middle English furre ← Anglo-Norman fuerre
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-
  13. Proto-Germanic*fōdrą
  14. Frankish*fōdr
  15. Anglo-Normanfuerre
  16. Middle Englishfurre
  17. Englishfur
  18. English todayunderfur

From under- + fur.

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