Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hross

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hrussą.

Noun

*hross n

horse

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
  - 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 ?
Old Dutch: ros, ors
- Middle Dutch: ors
  - Dutch: ros
    - Afrikaans: ros
Old High German: hros, ros
- Middle High German: ros, ors
  - Alemannic German: Ross
  - Bavarian: Ross
  - Central Franconian:
    Hunsrik: Ross
  - German: Ross
→ Vulgar Latin: *rossa (see there for further descendants)