Where does “herrie” come from?
herrie (Dutch) comes from English hurry, from Middle English horien, from Middle English hurren, from Proto-Germanic hurzaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- — to run.
herrie (Dutch): noise
Ancestry of “herrie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | hurry | Rushed action; Urgency; an incidence of a... |
| 2 | Middle English | horien | to rush, impel |
| 3 | Middle English | hurren | to buzz; to vibrate rapidly, buzz |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hurzaną | to rush |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱers- | to run |