English
hairiness
From hairy + -ness.
A compound of hairy + -ness
Proto-Germanic *hērą ‘hair’
Proto-West Germanic *hār ‘hair’
Old English hǣr ‘hair’
Middle English her ‘hair’
Middle English hery ‘hairy, furry’
English hairy
Today it means
noun The characteristic of being hairy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hairiness