Where does “hory” come from?

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

hory (Middle English): Dirty, foul, horry; lacking cleanliness;...

Definitions

  1. Dirty, foul, horry; lacking cleanliness;...

Ancestry of “hory”, step by step

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

Words derived from “hory”

Every word from Proto-Germanic hurhwīgaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hurhwīg →Every word from Old English horiġ →