Where does “horseheal” come from?
horseheal (English) comes from Middle English horshelne, from Old English horselene, from Old English hors, from Proto-West Germanic hross, from Proto-Germanic hrussą, from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- — to run.
horseheal (English): The plant elecampane
Ancestry of “horseheal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | horshelne | elecampane |
| 2 | Old English | horselene | wild elecampane |
| 3 | Old English | hors | horse |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hross | horse |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hrussą | horse |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱers- | to run |