Etymograph

English

hideworking

From hide + working.

A compound of hide + working

Proto-Germanic *huzdą ‘treasure, hoard’

Proto-Germanic *huzdijaną ‘to hoard’

Proto-West Germanic *huʀdijan ‘to conceal’

Old English hȳdan ‘to hide’

Middle English hiden ‘to conceal’

English hide

Today it means

noun The craft of preparing animal skins into fur, leather, etc.

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

Etymograph / hideworking