Where does “horses” come from?

Horses derives from Middle English horse, from Old English hors, from Proto-Indo-European ḱers-.

horses (English): plural of horse; horsepower; Third-person...

Definitions

  1. plural of horse; horsepower; Third-person...

Ancestry of “horses”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhorseAny of several animals related to "Equus ferus...
2Middle EnglishhorseAlternative form of hors; Alternative form of...
3Old Englishhorshorse
4Proto-West Germanichrosshorse
5Proto-Germanichrussąhorse
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱers-to run

Words derived from “horses”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- →