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
  • Middle Dutch: ors, hors, hers, ers, ros
    • Dutch: ros, hors (dialectal)
      • Afrikaans: ros
      • ⇒ Dutch: rossen (“to groom (a horse)”, verb)
        • → West Frisian: rosse (verb)
• 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)