Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryimpure; unclean; disgustingly dirty; foul
From Middle English hory, hoory, from Old English horiġ, horhiġ (“foul, unclean”), from Proto-West Germanic *hurhwīg, from Proto-Germanic *hurhwīgaz (“foul, filthy, soiled, unclean”). Cognate with Middle High German horwig, horwic, horig, horg (“muddy, filthy”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionhoryenm
- Inherited-form mentionhoriġang
- Inherited-form mention*hurhwīggmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*hurhwīgazgem-pro · foul, filthy, soiled, unclean
- Cognate mentionhorwiggmh
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Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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