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
- plural of horse; horsepower; Third-person...
Ancestry of “horses”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | horse | Any of several animals related to "Equus ferus... |
| 2 | Middle English | horse | Alternative form of hors; Alternative form of... |
| 3 | Old English | hors | horse |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hross | horse |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hrussą | horse |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱers- | to run |
Words derived from “horses”