Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hūʀijan

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 Proto-Germanic *hūzijaną, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kuHs-yé-ti, from *kewHs- (“to pay; to hire”) +‎ *-yéti. Cognate with Hittite 𒆪𒊭𒀭 (ku-uš-ša-an /⁠kuššan-⁠/, “pay, salary, fee, hire”).

Verb

*hūʀijan

1. to hire
2. to pay

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*hūʀijan
1st sg. past	*hūʀidā
Infinitive	*hūʀijan
Genitive infin.	*hūʀijannjas
Dative infin.	*hūʀijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*hūʀijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*hūʀiju	*hūʀidā
2nd singular	*hūʀisi	*hūʀidēs, *hūʀidōs
3rd singular	*hūʀiþi	*hūʀidē, *hūʀidā
1st plural	*hūʀijum	*hūʀidum
2nd plural	*hūʀiþ	*hūʀidud
3rd plural	*hūʀijanþ	*hūʀidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*hūʀijē	*hūʀidī
2nd singular	*hūʀijēs	*hūʀidī
3rd singular	*hūʀijē	*hūʀidī
1st plural	*hūʀijēm	*hūʀidīm
2nd plural	*hūʀijēþ	*hūʀidīd
3rd plural	*hūʀijēn	*hūʀidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*hūʀi
Plural	*hūʀiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*hūʀijandī	*hūʀid

Derived terms

• *hūʀiju

Descendants

• Old English: hȳrian, hȳran
  • Middle English: hiren, here, hire, hure, hury, huyre, hyer, hyre, hyren
    • English: hire
    • Scots: hire
• Old Frisian: hēra
  • West Frisian: hiere
• Old Saxon: *hūrian
  • Middle Low German: hūren
    • German Low German: hüren
    • → Middle High German: hūren
      • German: heuern
      • Bavarian: huiern, heiern
    • → Swedish: hyra
• Old Dutch: *hūren
  • Middle Dutch: huren
    • Dutch: huren
      • Afrikaans: huur
    • Limburgish: hure