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Where does “horiġ” come from?

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

Ancestry of “horiġ”, step by step

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

Words derived from “horiġ”

  • horry
  • hoory
  • hory
Every word from Proto-Germanic hurhwīgaz →