Where does “hȳr” come from?

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

hȳr (Old English): hire; employment for wages; pay for service;...

Definitions

  1. hire; employment for wages; pay for service;...

Ancestry of “hȳr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichūʀijupayment, hire; interest
2Proto-West Germanichūʀijanto hire; to pay
3Proto-Germanichūzijaną—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankūs-price, hire

Words derived from “hȳr”

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