Where does “hurdes” come from?

hurdes (Middle English) comes from Old English heordan, from Proto-Germanic *heʀdā, from Proto-Germanic hezdǭ, from Proto-Indo-European ḱes- — to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...

Ancestry of “hurdes”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old English	heordan	hards of flax, tow
2	Proto-Germanic	*heʀdā	—
3	Proto-Germanic	hezdǭ	Flax fibre; tow
4	Proto-Indo-European	ḱes-	to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱes- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hezdǭ →Every word from Proto-Germanic *heʀdā →