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Where does “rosualt” come from?

rosualt (Irish) comes from Middle Irish rosualt, from Old Norse hrosshvalr, from Old Norse hross, from Proto-Germanic hursaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- — to run.

rosualt (Irish): walrus

Definitions

  1. walrus

Ancestry of “rosualt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irishrosualt—
2Old Norsehrosshvalrwalrus
3Old Norsehrosshorse
4Proto-Germanichursaz—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱers-to run
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