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Where does “unhairer” come from?

unhairer (English) comes from English unhair, from English hair, from Middle English her, from Old English hēr, from Proto-West Germanic *hēr, from Proto-Germanic hē₂r, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

unhairer (English): A person employed to remove the hair from animal...

Definitions

  1. A person employed to remove the hair from animal...

Ancestry of “unhairer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunhairTo remove hair from , especially from hide; To...
2EnglishhairA pigmented filament of keratin which grows from...
3Middle Englishhera hair; hair; pelt, hide, animal skin
4Old Englishhērat this place
5Proto-West Germanic*hēr—
6Proto-Germanichē₂rhere, in this place
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
8Middle Englishkyt—
9Germankitt—
10Old High Germankuti—
11Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
12Proto-Germanickweduzresin
13Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
14Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
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