Where does “horhiġ” come from?

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

horhiġ (Old English): foul, unclean

Definitions

  1. foul, unclean

Ancestry of “horhiġ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichurhwīg—
2Proto-Germanichurhwīgazfoul, filthy, soiled, unclean

Words derived from “horhiġ”

Every word from Proto-Germanic hurhwīgaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hurhwīg →