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 edit

Alternative forms edit

*hors

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *hrussą.

Noun edit

*hross n

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

Inflection edit

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 edit

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 ?
Old Dutch: hors, ors, hers, ros
- Middle Dutch: ors, hors, hers, ers, ros
  - Dutch: ros, hors
    - 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)