Roß

ross Ross Bavarian Alternative forms bar Ross Southern Etymology From bar gmh ros horse, from bar goh ros, bar hros horse, from bar gmw-pro *hross. Cognate with de Ross. Pronunciation bar /ˈroːs/ Northern, Central bar /ˈros/ Southern bar oːs Noun n Rossn Resser Ressl Resserl bar zoology horse any member of the species Equus ferus species and Equus ferus caballus subspecies Synonyms bar Pferd bar Animals Mammals German Etymology 1 See the main form. Pronunciation de /ʁɔs/ Noun n,es,^er:e.ss Ross pre-1996 Etymology 2 From de gmh rāz rāz(e), from de goh rāza, from de gmw-pro *hrātu.hreto 245 de Roß was the Central German form, de Wabe the Upper German; the latter was standardized around 1800. Pronunciation de /ʁoːs/ Noun n de dialectal otherwise obsolete de Wabe honeycomb Declension n Alternative forms de Rooß Rost n ; Roße f Further reading References