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Where does “hūria” come from?

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

hūria (Old Saxon): lease, rent

Definitions

  1. lease, rent

Ancestry of “hūria”, 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 “hūria”

  • hura
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kūs- →