Where does “horsedealer” come from?

horsedealer (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.

horsedealer (English): A dealer in horses

Definitions

  1. A dealer in horses

Ancestry of “horsedealer”, step by step

horsedealer 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 dealer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdealerOne who deals in goods, especially automobiles; a...
2Middle EnglishdelareA distributor or splitter; one who parts or gives...
3Old Englishdǣlere—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hrussą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hross →
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