Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hrussą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxrus.sɑ̃/

Noun

*hrussą n

horse

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *hrussą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hrussą	*hrussō
vocative	*hrussą	*hrussō
accusative	*hrussą	*hrussō
genitive	hrussas, hrussis	*hrussǫ̂
dative	*hrussai	*hrussamaz
instrumental	*hrussō	*hrussamiz

Synonyms

Descendants

Old English: hors
- Middle English: hors, horse
  - English: horse
    - → Maori: hōiho
  - Scots: horse, hors
Old Frisian: hors, hars, hers, ros
- North Frisian: hors
- Saterland Frisian: Sosse ?
- West Frisian: hoars
Old Saxon: hros, hross, hors
- Middle Low German: ros, ors
  - German Low German: Hüsi, Hiesi ?
Frankish: *ross, *hross, *ross
- Old Dutch: hors, ors, ros, hers
  - Middle Dutch: ors
    - Dutch: ros
      - Afrikaans: ros
- → Vulgar Latin: *rossa (see there for further descendants)
Old High German: hros, ros
- Middle High German: ros, ors
  - Alemannic German: Ross
  - Bavarian: Ross
  - Central Franconian:
    Hunsrik: Ross
  - German: Ross
Old Norse: hross
- Icelandic: hross, hors
- Faroese: ross, hors
- Norn: russ
- Norwegian: røss-
- Westrobothnian: rȧs-
- Old Swedish: hors
  - Swedish: russ, hors (dialectal)
- Danish: hors (dialectal)
- Gutnish: russ
→ Samic:
- Northern Sami: rossi

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