Etymograph

English

kidfur

From kid + fur (“a furry”).

A compound of kid + fur ‘a furry’

Proto-Germanic *kidją ‘goatling’

Old Norse kið ‘young goat’

Middle English kide ‘kid’

English kid

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

noun A furry character that is a child, especially one who has not yet reached the age of puberty.

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

Etymograph / kidfur