Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A contemptible or inferior dog. · A detestable person. · A sheepdog or watchdog.
From Middle English curre (“watchdog, small hunting dog, mongrel, mutt”), perhaps of Middle Low German or North Germanic origin, possibly from Old Norse kurr (“grumbling”), itself of imitative origin. Compare Middle Dutch corre (“domestic dog, yard dog, watch-dog”), dialectal Dutch korre (“dog, yard dog”), dialectal Swedish kurre (“a dog”). Compare also Old Norse kurra (“to growl; grumble”), Middle Low German kurren, korren (“to growl”). Compare also Middle Dutch querie (“female dog, bitch”).
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- Inherited-form mentioncurreenm · watchdog, small hunting dog, mongrel, mutt
- Derivation mentionkurrnon · grumbling
- Cognate mentioncorredum · domestic dog, yard dog, watch-dog
- Cognate mentionkorrenl · dog, yard dog
- Cognate mentionkurresv
- Cognate mentionkurranon · to growl; grumble
- Cognate mentionkurrengml
- Non-cognate comparisonqueriedum · female dog, bitch
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