Reconstruction:Latin/rossa

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *hross (“horse”) or Lombardic *hross.

Noun

*rossa f (oblique *rossam); first declension

1. bad horse, nag

Inflection

First declension.

Italo-Western declension of *rossa
Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	*rǫ́ssa	*rǫ́ssę
genitive	*rǫ́ssę	*rǫssárọ
dative	*rǫ́ssę	*rǫ́ssis
accusative-ablative	*rǫ́ssã	*rǫ́ssas

Descendants

• Lombard: rózza (Comasco), roz (Bergamasque)
• Old French: *rosse, roche
  • Middle French: rosse
    • French: rosse
  • Norman: rosse (Jèrriais)
• Old Occitan: rossa
  • Catalan: ròssa
  • Occitan: ròssa