hross

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse hross, from Proto-Germanic *hrussą. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈr̥ɔsː/ Rhymes: -ɔsː === Noun === hross n (genitive singular hross, nominative plural hross) a horse Synonym: hestur ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== hrossafluga (“cranefly, daddy longlegs”) hrossakjöt (“horsemeat”) === See also === hryssa == Old Norse == === Alternative forms === hors === Etymology === 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 === hross n (genitive hross, plural hross) horse Synonym: hestr ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== hrosshvalr ==== Descendants ==== Danish: hors (dialectal) Faroese: ross, hors Gutnish: russ Icelandic: hross, hors Norn: russ Norwegian: Norwegian Bokmål: røss- Norwegian Nynorsk: hors (“mare”) Old Swedish: hors Swedish: hors (dialectal) Old Swedish: hross Swedish: ross, russ === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “hross”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive