Where does “horsesit” come from?

horsesit (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.

horsesit (English): To babysit for a horse

Definitions

  1. To babysit for a horse

Ancestry of “horsesit”, step by step

horsesit 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 sit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsitTo be in a position in which the upper body is...
2Middle Englishsittento sit
3Old Englishsittanto sit
4Proto-West Germanic*sittjanto sit

Words derived from “horsesit”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hrussą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hross →