Where does “hoss” come from?

Hoss is a dialectal or colloquial variant of English horse, which derives from Middle English horse and Old English hors, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱers-.

hoss (English): Pronunciation spelling of horse; A big, strong...

Definitions

  1. Pronunciation spelling of horse; A big, strong...

Ancestry of “hoss”, step by step

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
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