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English word horse comes from Proto-Indo-European *kers-, Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-, and later Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós (Vehicle.)
*kers- (Proto-Indo-European)
*ḱers- (Proto-Indo-European)
to run
*ḱr̥sos (Proto-Indo-European)
horse
*ḱr̥sós (Proto-Indo-European)
Vehicle.
*hrussą (Proto-Germanic)
Horse.
hors (Old English)
Horse.
hors (Middle English)
A horse.
horse (English)
(US) An informal variant of basketball in which players match shots made by their opponent(s), each miss adding a letter to the word "horse", with 5 misses spelling the whole word and eliminating a player, until only the winner is left. Also HORSE, H-O-R-S-E or H.O.R.S.E. (see H-O-R-S-E on Wikipedia.Wikipedia).. (chess, informal) The chess piece representing a knight, depicted as a horse.. [...]