Where does “hūren” come from?

hūren (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic hūʀijan, from Proto-Germanic hūzijaną, from Proto-Indo-European kūs- — price, hire.

Ancestry of “hūren”, step by step

hūren traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic hūʀijan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichūʀijanto hire; to pay
2Proto-Germanichūzijaną—
3Proto-Indo-Europeankūs-price, hire

via Proto-Germanic hūrijaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichūrijaną—

Words derived from “hūren”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kūs- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hūzijaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hūʀijan →