Where does “Hos” come from?

Hos (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German hase, from Old Saxon haso, from Proto-West Germanic hasō, from Proto-Germanic *hesô, from Proto-Indo-European ḱeh₂s- — to lead, teach, educate; grey, hare.

Hos (Plautdietsch): rabbit, hare

Definitions

  1. rabbit, hare

Ancestry of “Hos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanhasehare
2Old Saxonhaso—
3Proto-West Germanichasōhare
4Proto-Germanic*hesôhare
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱeh₂s-to lead, teach, educate; grey, hare

Words derived from “Hos”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱeh₂s- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *hesô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hasō →
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