Etymograph

English

gurry

Gurry comes from Hindi गढ़ी ‘fort’, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás ‘enclosure’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰerdʰ-1‘to enclose’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*gʰr̥dʰás1‘enclosure’reconstructed
  3. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCE*गृध1‘fort’reconstructed
  4. Prakritmodern𑀕𑀠1gaḍha‘fort’
  5. Hindic. 1500–presentगढ़2‘fort’
  6. Hindic. 1500–presentगढ़ी3gaṛhī‘fort’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1776gurry3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Hindi गढ़
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Hindi गढ़ी
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English gurry
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1776, Nandakumara, The Trial of Maha Rajah Nundocomar: “Maha Rajah then got up, and we three likewise…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰerdʰ-Wiktionary, Hindi गढ़‘to enclose’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*gʰr̥dʰásWiktionary, Hindi गढ़‘enclosure’reconstructed
  3. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCE*गृधWiktionary, Hindi गढ़‘fort’reconstructed
  4. Prakritmodern𑀕𑀠Wiktionary, Hindi गढ़gaḍha‘fort’
  5. Hindic. 1500–presentगढ़Wiktionary, Hindi गढ़ी‘fort’
  6. Hindic. 1500–presentगढ़ीWiktionary, English gurrygaṛhī‘fort’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1776gurryWiktionary, English gurry. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1776, Nandakumara, The Trial of Maha Rajah Nundocomar: “Maha Rajah then got up, and we three likewise…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- ‘to enclose’

garden, yard, urban, garth, hangar, girth, girdle, jardin, gord, gird, 9 more

Another origin of gurry

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷʰer-‘hot’uncertain
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gurą‘half-digested stomach contents’uncertain
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*goruncertain
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150gor‘manure, dung, filth, muck, dirt’uncertain
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gore‘mud, muck’uncertain
  6. Englishtodaygurry

Attested from the mid-nineteenth century. Perhaps derived from Middle English gore, gor, gorre (‘mud, muck’), from Old English gor (‘manure, dung, filth, muck, dirt’), from Proto-West Germanic *gor, from Proto-Germanic *gurą (‘half-digested stomach contents; faeces; manure’), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (‘hot; warm’).

Today it means

noun A circular gong that was struck at regular intervals to indicate the time.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “gurry”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Hindi गढ़, Hindi गढ़ी. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- / gurry

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