Where does “horsmynte” come from?

horsmynte (Middle English) comes from Old English horsminte, from Old English hors, from Proto-West Germanic hross, from Proto-Germanic hrussą, from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- — to run.

horsmynte (Middle English): horsemint or a similar wild mint

Definitions

  1. horsemint or a similar wild mint

Ancestry of “horsmynte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhorsmintewild mint, horsemint
2Old Englishhorshorse
3Proto-West Germanichrosshorse
4Proto-Germanichrussąhorse
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱers-to run

Words derived from “horsmynte”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hrussą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hross →