Where does “hoory” come from?

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

hoory (Middle English): Alternative form of hory

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of hory

Ancestry of “hoory”, step by step

hoory traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English horiġ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhoriġfoul; dirty; defiled
2Proto-West Germanichurhwīg—
3Proto-Germanichurhwīgazfoul, filthy, soiled, unclean

via Old English horhiġ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhorhiġfoul, unclean
Every word from Proto-Germanic hurhwīgaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hurhwīg →Every word from Old English horiġ →