English

Whitehorse

From white + horse.

A compound of white + horse

Proto-Indo-European *ḱweydós

Proto-Germanic *hwītaz

Proto-West Germanic *hwīt

Old English hwīt

Middle English whit ‘white’

English white

Proto-Germanic *hrussą ‘horse’

Proto-West Germanic *hross ‘horse’

Old English hors ‘horse’

Middle English hors ‘a horse’

English horse

Today it means

name The capital city of Yukon, Canada.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Whitehorse