Where does “HORSE” come from?

HORSE (English) comes from Middle English horse, from Old English hors, from Proto-West Germanic hross, from Proto-Germanic hrussą, from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- — to run.

HORSE (English): A poker variant consisting of five different...

Definitions

  1. A poker variant consisting of five different...

Ancestry of “HORSE”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishhorseAlternative form of hors; Alternative form of...
2Old Englishhorshorse
3Proto-West Germanichrosshorse
4Proto-Germanichrussąhorse
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱers-to run

Words derived from “HORSE”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- →