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Where does “rosy” come from?

rosy (Lower Sorbian) comes from Lower Sorbian rosa, from Proto-Slavic rosà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic rasā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rṓs.

rosy (Lower Sorbian): dative singular of rosa; locative singular of...

Definitions

  1. dative singular of rosa; locative singular of...

Ancestry of “rosy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Sorbianrosadew
2Proto-Slavicrosà—
3Proto-Balto-Slavicrasā́ˀdew
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rṓs—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rṓs →