hross
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Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse hross, from Proto-Germanic *hrussą.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hross n (genitive singular hross, nominative plural hross)
- a horse
Declension[edit]
declension of hross
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- hrossafluga (“cranefly, daddy longlegs”)
- hrossakjöt (“horsemeat”)
See also[edit]
Old Norse[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *hrussą (perhaps from a form *hrussa- ‘runner, racer’), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”). Cognate with Old Saxon hros (Dutch ros), Old High German hros, ros (German Ross), Old English hors (English horse); and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin currō (“run, race”).
Noun[edit]
hross n (genitive hross, plural hross)
Declension[edit]
Declension of hross (strong a-stem)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Icelandic: hross, hors
- Faroese: ross, hors
- Norn: russ
- Norwegian:
- Old Swedish: hors
- Danish: hors (dialectal)
- Gutnish: russ
References[edit]
- “hross”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
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- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic 1-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɔsː
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- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic neuter nouns
- Icelandic countable nouns
- is:Horses
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse nouns
- Old Norse neuter nouns
- Old Norse neuter a-stem nouns
- non:Horses