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 |
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| 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... |
Words derived from “hurdes”