Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hross

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Alternative forms

  • *hors

Etymology

    From Proto-Germanic *hrussą.

    Noun

    *hross n

    1. horse
      Synonyms: *ehw, *marh, *parafred, *wigi

    Inflection

    Neuter a-stem
    Singular
    Nominative *hross
    Genitive *hrossas
    Singular Plural
    Nominative *hross *hrossu
    Accusative *hross *hrossu
    Genitive *hrossas *hrossō
    Dative *hrossē *hrossum
    Instrumental *hrossu *hrossum

    Descendants

    • Old English: hors
      • Middle English: hors, horse, horsse, horce, ors
        • English: horse; hoss (see there for further descendants)
        • Scots: horse, hors
    • Old Frisian: hors, hars, hers, ros
      • North Frisian: hors
      • ⇒ Saterland Frisian: rosje, rösje (“to groom (a horse)”, verb)
      • West Frisian: hoars; rosje (“to groom (a horse)”, verb)
    • Old Saxon: hros, hross, hors
      • Middle Low German: ros, ors
        • >? German Low German: Hüsi, Hiesi (children's word for horsey)
    • Old Dutch: hors, ors, hers, ros
    • Old High German: hros, ros
      • Middle High German: ros, ors
        • Alemannic German: Ross
        • Bavarian: Ross
        • Central Franconian:
          Hunsrik: Ross
          Transylvanian Saxon: Räuss
        • German: Ross
    • → Vulgar Latin: *rossa (see there for further descendants)
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