Where does “hȳrian” come from?

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

hȳrian (Old English): to hire

Definitions

  1. to hire

Ancestry of “hȳrian”, step by step

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

Words derived from “hȳrian”

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