Where does “hûrlink” come from?

hûrlink (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch hūrling, from Proto-West Germanic hūʀijuling, from Proto-West Germanic -ling, from Proto-Germanic -lingaz, from Proto-Germanic -ilaz, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Ancestry of “hûrlink”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchhūrling—
2Proto-West Germanichūʀijulingemployee, hireling
3Proto-West Germanic-lingForms noun-derivatives with sense of 'belonging...
4Proto-Germanic-lingaz—
5Proto-Germanic-ilazagent suffix; diminutive suffix
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “hûrlink”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Proto-Germanic -ilaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic -lingaz →