Etymograph

English

furry

From fur + -y.

A compound of fur + -y

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

Today it means

adj Covered with fur, or with something resembling fur.

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

Etymograph / furry