Huer

huer hür Hür Luxembourgish Etymology lb. lb Perhaps somehow related to the first syllable of lb goh habuh goshawk. In much of Moselle Franconian we find gmw-cfr Ha(r)weih, Hoaweih goshawk, which must go back to a form gmh *hawī(g)e, an alteration of local lb gmh havich after unrelated gmh wī(g)e, wīwe kite, harrier. There are also other forms such as gmw-cfr Ha(r)lecker, Harestießer. lb Huer could have been backformed from this group. 2 Further discussion The development may have been influenced by gmh har har(e) (“sharp”, Rhenish also “blade, cutting edge”, cf. dialectal nl haar, de herb), referring to the bird’s beak and/or claws. The above-mentioned form gmw-cfr Ha(r)lecker is possibly derived with the gmh - suffix gmh -linc and thus superficially reminiscent of de Häherling laughingthrush. The de Rheinisches Wörterbuch also attests the sense “jay”, corresponding to de Häher, for two villages in Saarland. However, de Häherling seems to be a scientific formation of the 19th century. And the very localized Saarland usage likely arose by confusion with the descendant of goh hehara jay, rather than by actual derivation from it. The forms given above for “goshawk” all require gmh - short /a/, whereas the word for “jay” has underlying long /ɛː/ (gmw-cfr Hähr, Hehr, Hiehr). A general development “jay” > “goshawk” seems also implausible for ornithological reasons. Pronunciation lb [hu(ː)ə̯] enunciated also [ˈhuː.ɐ] lb uɐ 1 Noun m Hueren hawk, goshawk lb Héngerdéif lb Birds of prey