Ross
German (Berlin)
/ʁɔs/
noun
Definitions
- (regional) horse
- (regional) stupid person, moron
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German ros (horse) inherited from Old High German ros (horse) inherited from *hross (horse).
Origin
*hross
Gloss
horse
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
馬
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- runcinus Latin
- Wal German
- Walross German
- walrus Dutch, Flemish
- røsslyng Norwegian Bokmål
- *hrussą Proto-Germanic
- *hursaz Proto-Germanic
- russ Swedish
- røsslyng Norwegian Nynorsk
- hors Old English
- horscamb Old English
- horselene Old English
- horsern Old English
- horshwæl Old English
- horsminte Old English
- hors Middle English
- horse Middle English
- hross Old Norse
- hrosshvalr Old Norse
- hors Danish
- hross Icelandic
- ros Old High German
- ross Faroese
- ros Middle High German
- *hross gmw-pro
- ros Old Dutch
- ross Cimbrian
- rössle Cimbrian
- Ross Alemannic German
- russ Old Swedish
- rȧsberris Westrobothnian
- horse Scots
- hors Old Danish