Where does “heure” come from?
heure (German) comes from German heuern, from Middle Low German hüren, from Proto-West Germanic hūʀijan, from Proto-Germanic hūzijaną, from Proto-Indo-European kūs- — price, hire.
heure (German): inflection of heuern:
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Definitions
- inflection of heuern:
## first-person singular...
Ancestry of “heure”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | heuern | to hire |
| 2 | Middle Low German | hüren | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | hūʀijan | to hire; to pay |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hūzijaną | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kūs- | price, hire |