Horse
/hɔːrs/noun
A large hoofed domesticated mammal used for riding, racing, and carrying loads.
Did you know?The English word is a replacement for the older inherited Germanic word *eoh/*ehu, which survived in poetic and ritual language, while the everyday term shifted to the ancestor of modern “horse.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₁éḱwos
“Horse”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*hrussą
“Horse”
Old English
English
hors
“Horse, stallion, or mare”
Middle English
English
hors
“Horse”
Modern English
English
horse
“Horse”
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