Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
The hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick. · The hairy skins of animals used as a material for clothing. · An animal pelt used to make, trim or line clothing. · A garment made of fur.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo cover with fur or a fur-like coating. · To become covered with fur or a fur-like coating. · To level a surface by applying furring to it.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *fōdrą Frankish *fōdrbor. Anglo-Norman fuerrebor. Middle English furre English fur From Middle English furre, forre, from Anglo-Norman forre, fuerre (“case; sheath”), from Frankish *fōdar, from Proto-West Germanic *fōdr, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (“sheath”) (compare Old English fōdor (“sheaf”), Dutch voering (“lining”), German Futter (“lining”), Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌳𐍂 (fōdr, “sheath”)), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-, *poh₂- (“to protect”) (compare Lithuanian piemuō (“protection”), Ancient Greek πῶῠ̈ (pôŭ̈, “flock”), πῶμα (pôma, “lid”), ποιμήν (poimḗn, “shepherd”), Old Armenian հաւրան (hawran, “herd, flock”), Northern Kurdish pawan (“to watch over”), Sanskrit पाति (pāti, “he watches, protects”). The verb is from Middle English furren, from Anglo-Norman furrer, forrer, fourrer (“to line, stuff, fill”), from the noun.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionfurre,forreenm
- Derivation mention*fōdrgmw-pro
- Derivation mention*fōdrągem-pro · sheath
- Cognate mentionfōdorang · sheaf
- Cognate mentionvoeringnl · lining
- Cognate mentionFutterde · lining
- Cognate mention𐍆𐍉𐌳𐍂got · sheath
- Derivation mention*peh₂-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionpiemuōlt · protection
- Cognate mentionπῶῠ̈grc · flock
- Cognate mentionհօրանxcl · herd, flock
- Cognate mentionpawankmr · to watch over
- Cognate mentionपातिsa · he watches, protects
- Inherited-form mentionfurrenenm
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