Where does “horsminte” come from?

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

horsminte (Old English): wild mint, horsemint

Definitions

  1. wild mint, horsemint

Ancestry of “horsminte”, step by step

horsminte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English hors

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

via Old English minte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmintemint; mint plant
2Proto-Germanicminta—
3Latinmentamint; nominative/accusative/vocative plural of...
4Ancient GreekΜίνθηmint (Mentha viridis)

Words derived from “horsminte”

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