Where does “horsecrap” come from?

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

horsecrap (English): rubbish; nonsense; bullshit; horse feces

Definitions

  1. rubbish; nonsense; bullshit; horse feces

Ancestry of “horsecrap”, step by step

horsecrap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English HORSE

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHORSEA poker variant consisting of five different...
2Middle EnglishhorseAlternative form of hors; Alternative form of...
3Old Englishhorshorse
4Proto-West Germanichrosshorse
5Proto-Germanichrussąhorse
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱers-to run

via English crap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcrapThe husk of grain; chaff; Something worthless or...
2Middle Englishcrappechaff, grain husks
3Old Frenchcrappe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱers-