English

furriend

Blend of fur + friend.

A blend of fur + friend

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‘to protect, to ward’

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Proto-West Germanic *fōdr

Frankish *fōdar

Anglo-Norman forre ‘case’

Middle English furre

English fur

Proto-Indo-European *preyH- ‘to please’

Proto-Germanic *frijōndz ‘friend’

Proto-West Germanic *friund

Old English frēond

Middle English freend

Today it means

noun A pet.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / furriend