Where does “PS” come from?
PS (Japanese) comes from German Pferdestärke, from German Pferd, from Middle High German phert, from Old High German pfarifrit, from Old High German parafred, from Latin paraverēdus, from Ancient Greek παρά, from Latin verēdus — horse.
Ancestry of “PS”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Pferdestärke | horsepower |
| 2 | German | Pferd | horse; knight |
| 3 | Middle High German | phert | — |
| 4 | Old High German | pfarifrit | horse |
| 5 | Old High German | parafred | — |
| 6 | Latin | paraverēdus | a horse for travel off public roads or to out of the way places |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | παρά | |
| 8 | Latin | verēdus | A fast or light breed of horse; courier's horse; hunter |
| 9 | Gaulish | werēdos | horse |
| 10 | Proto-Celtic | *uɸoreidos | horse |