Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hūʀijuling

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 *hūʀiju (“payment, hire”) +‎ *-ling.

Noun

*hūʀijuling m

employee, hireling

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hūʀijuling
Genitive	*hūʀijulingas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hūʀijuling	hūʀijulingō, hūʀijulingōs
Accusative	*hūʀijuling	*hūʀijulingā
Genitive	*hūʀijulingas	*hūʀijulingō
Dative	*hūʀijulingē	*hūʀijulingum
Instrumental	*hūʀijulingu	*hūʀijulingum

Descendants

Old English: hȳrling
- Middle English: hirlyng
  - English: hireling
Old Frisian: *hērling
- West Frisian: hierling
Old Saxon: *hūriling
- Middle Low German: *hürling
  - German Low German: Hüürling
  - → Danish: hyrling
  - → German: Heuerling
Old Dutch: *hūriling
- Middle Dutch: hûrlink
  - Dutch: huurling
    - Afrikaans: hierlingen
    - Negerhollands: hierlingen
Old High German: *hūriling
- Middle High German: hûrlinc

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