myEtymology.com: English etymology of hairsplitting

Etymology of the English word hairsplitting

the English word hairsplitting

derived from the English word hair

derived from the English word her

derived from the English word hire

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *khurja

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ko-

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *khæran

derived from the English word splitting

derived from the English word split

derived from the Middle Dutch word splitten

derived from the Middle word Dutch

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *spl

using the English suffix -ing