Etymograph

English

hurdlemaker

From hurdle + maker.

A compound of hurdle + maker

Proto-Indo-European *kreh₂-

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Proto-Germanic *hurdilaz

Proto-West Germanic *hurdil

Old English hyrdel ‘frame of intertwined twigs used as a…’

Middle English hurdel

English hurdle

Old English macian ‘to perform or carry out (a miracle)’

Middle English maken ‘to make or create’

Middle English maker ‘God as creator of all’

English maker

Today it means

noun A maker of hurdles (movable frames of wattle etc.).

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

Etymograph / hurdlemaker