English
horsehide
From horse + hide.
Proto-Germanic *hrussą ‘horse’
Proto-West Germanic *hross ‘horse’
Old English hors ‘horse’
Middle English hors ‘a horse’
English horse
Proto-Germanic *huzdą ‘treasure, hoard’
Proto-Germanic *huzdijaną ‘to hoard’
Proto-West Germanic *huʀdijan ‘to conceal’
Old English hȳdan ‘to hide’
Middle English hiden ‘to conceal’
English hide
Today it means
noun Hide of a horse.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / horsehide