Where does “horu” come from?
horu (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *horhu, from Proto-Germanic hurhwą, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
horu (Old English): dirt; filth; foulness
Ancestry of “horu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | *horhu | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | hurhwą | dirt, mucus, dirty substance |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |