Where does “horry” come from?

horry (English) comes from Middle English hory, from Old English horiġ, from Proto-West Germanic hurhwīg, from Proto-Germanic hurhwīgaz — foul, filthy, soiled, unclean.

horry (English): impure; unclean; disgustingly dirty; foul

Definitions

  1. impure; unclean; disgustingly dirty; foul

Ancestry of “horry”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishhoryDirty, foul, horry; lacking cleanliness;...
2Old Englishhoriġfoul; dirty; defiled
3Proto-West Germanichurhwīg—
4Proto-Germanichurhwīgazfoul, filthy, soiled, unclean
Every word from Proto-Germanic hurhwīgaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hurhwīg →Every word from Old English horiġ →