hors
Middle English
/hɔrs/
noun
Definitions
- a horse especially male and fully-grown
- (rare) A horseman; a mounted soldier.
- (rare) A means of transport like a horse
Etymology
Inherited from Old English hors (horse) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hrussą (horse) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kers- (run).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kers-
Gloss
run
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Rosalind English
- hoarse English
- hoarsely English
- hoarsen English
- hoarseness English
- horse-comb English
- horsehair English
- horseman English
- horsemint English
- horsen English
- horseshoe English
- *Rosamundi Latin
- *Rosomiri Latin
- runcinus Latin
- Rosmunda Italian
- rozzo Italian
- *kers- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱr̥sos Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱr̥sós Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱr̥sós, *ḱr̥sos Proto-Indo-European
- *haisaz Proto-Germanic
- *hrussą Proto-Germanic
- *hursaz Proto-Germanic
- hors Old English
- horscamb Old English
- horselene Old English
- horsern Old English
- horshwæl Old English
- horsminte Old English
- hās Old English
- bak Middle English
- comb Middle English
- her Middle English
- hors her Middle English
- hors sho Middle English
- horsbak Middle English
- horscomb Middle English
- horse Middle English
- horsen Middle English
- horsman Middle English
- horsmynte Middle English
- horstaile Middle English
- hos Middle English
- man Middle English
- mynte Middle English
- sho Middle English
- tayl Middle English
- hors Old Norse
- hross Old Norse
- hrosshvalr Old Norse
- ròssa Catalan, Valencian
- hros Old High German
- ros Old High German
- *hross gmw-pro
- rocin Old Portuguese
- russ Old Swedish
- hairse Scots
- horse Scots
- hors Old Frisian