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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hūʀiju

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *hūʀijan (“to hire; to pay”) +‎ *-u.

Noun

*hūʀiju f

  1. payment, hire
  2. interest

Inflection
ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *hūʀiju
Genitive *hūʀijā
Singular Plural
Nominative *hūʀiju *hūʀijō
Accusative *hūʀijā *hūʀijā
Genitive *hūʀijā *hūʀijō
Dative *hūʀijē *hūʀijōm, *hūʀijum
Instrumental *hūʀiju *hūʀijōm, *hūʀijum

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Old English: hȳr
    • Middle English: hire, hyre, hure, here, huyre
  • Old Frisian: hēr, hēre
    • Saterland Frisian: Híere, (Strukelje) Häire
    • West Frisian: hier
    • ⇒ Old Frisian: hūshēre
      • Saterland Frisian: Hushire
    • ⇒ Old Frisian: londhēre
  • Old Saxon: hūria, hūra
    • Middle Low German: hüre, huere, hyre, hüer, hür
      • German Low German:
        Altmärkisch: Hü̂r
        Westphalian:
        Ravensbergisch: Huür
        Westmünsterländisch: Höier
      • → German: Heuer
      • → Danish: hyre
      • → Norwegian: hyre
      • → Swedish: hyra
      • → Faroese: hýra
      • →? Estonian: üür
  • Old Dutch: *hūra
    • Middle Dutch: hûre
      • Dutch: huur
        • Afrikaans: huur
        • Negerhollands: huur
        • → Papiamentu: hür
        • → Sranan Tongo: yuru (see there for further descendants)
    • ⇒? Old Dutch: forahūra
    • ⇒ Old Dutch: hūrlant
    • ⇒ Old Dutch: hūrware

Further reading
  • Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “huren”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎ (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press: “pgm. *hūrjō-”
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