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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *hūʀijan (“to hire; to pay”) + *-u.
Noun
*hūʀiju f
- payment, hire
- interest
Inflection
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*hūʀiju
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| Genitive
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*hūʀijā
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*hūʀiju
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*hūʀijō
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| Accusative
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*hūʀijā
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*hūʀijā
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| Genitive
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*hūʀijā
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*hūʀijō
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| Dative
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*hūʀijē
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*hūʀijōm, *hūʀijum
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| Instrumental
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*hūʀiju
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*hūʀijōm, *hūʀijum
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Old English: hȳr
- 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[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press: “pgm. *hūrjō-”