Where does “ros” come from?

ros (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch ros, from Proto-West Germanic hross, from Proto-Germanic hrussą, from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- — to run.

Ancestry of “ros”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchroshorse
2Proto-West Germanichrosshorse
3Proto-Germanichrussąhorse
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱers-to run

Words derived from “ros

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱers-