Where does “horse” come from?

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

horse (Scots): horse

Definitions

  1. horse

Ancestry of “horse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishhorsa horse; A horseman; a mounted soldier; A means...
2Old Englishhorshorse
3Proto-West Germanichrosshorse
4Proto-Germanichrussąhorse
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱers-to run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hrussą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hross →
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