English

horsecock

From horse + cock.

A compound of horse + cock

Proto-Germanic *hrussą ‘horse’

Proto-West Germanic *hross ‘horse’

Old English hors ‘horse’

Middle English hors ‘a horse’

English horse

Proto-Germanic *kukkaz

Proto-West Germanic *kokk ‘cock, rooster, chicken’

Old English cocc

Middle English cok ‘rooster, cock’

English cock

Today it means

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Etymograph / horsecock