Where does “horiġ” come from?

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

horiġ (Old English): foul; dirty; defiled

Definitions

  1. foul; dirty; defiled

Ancestry of “horiġ”, step by step

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

Words derived from “horiġ”

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