Where does “hairworking” come from?

hairworking (English) comes from English Hair, from Middle English hēr, from Old English hēr, from Proto-West Germanic *hēr, from Proto-Germanic hē₂r, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

hairworking (English): The process of making jewellery from human hair

Definitions

  1. The process of making jewellery from human hair

Ancestry of “hairworking”, step by step

hairworking traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Hair

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHairA pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals
2Middle Englishhēra hair
3Old Englishhērat this place
4Proto-West Germanic*hērhere
5Proto-Germanichē₂rhere, in this place
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
7Middle Englishkyt—
8Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
9Old High Germankuti—
10Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
11Proto-Germanickweduzresin
12Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
13Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via English working

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishworkingOperation; action; Method of operation; The...
2Middle Englishwerking—
3Old Englishwyrċingworking, doing
4Old English-ingForming nouns from verbs, indicating action,...
5Old English-tūnhomestead, village, town
6Old Englishtūnenclosure, yard; place; dwelling
7Proto-West Germanictūnfence
8Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
9Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
10Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
11Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz →