Where does “rosse” come from?

rosse (Old French) comes from Frankish hros, from Proto-Germanic hrussą, from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- — to run.

rosse (Old French): bad horse

Definitions

  1. bad horse

Ancestry of “rosse”, step by step

rosse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Frankish hros

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishhroshorse
2Proto-Germanichrussąhorse
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱers-to run

via Frankish hross

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishhrosshorse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hrussą →Every word from Frankish hros →