Where does “ars” come from?

ars (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic ars, from Proto-Germanic arsaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁orsos — arse.

ars (Old Saxon): the arse; the buttocks or anus

Definitions

  1. the arse; the buttocks or anus

Ancestry of “ars”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicarsarse, anus, buttocks
2Proto-Germanicarsazarse/ass, anus, buttocks
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁orsosarse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁orsos →Every word from Proto-Germanic arsaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ars →
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