Where does “ars” come from?

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

ars (Proto-West Germanic): arse, anus, buttocks

Definitions

  1. arse, anus, buttocks

Ancestry of “ars”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicarsazarse/ass, anus, buttocks
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁orsosarse

Words derived from “ars”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁orsos →Every word from Proto-Germanic arsaz →