ros

I

seed, ros lìn, flax seed (Armstrong's only use for it), Irish ros, flax seed, Middle Irish ros, genealogy, Early Irish ross lín, flax seed (Corm.), ros, genealogy, to which Strachan compares Gothic frasts, for fra-s$$?t-s, from pro-sto (Stokes), a child. A usual word for seed is fras, which also means a "shower", but both are ultimately from *verso, flow, whence Greek $$Ge$$'/rsc, $$Ge$$`rsc, dew, and $$Ga$$'rscn, male. Dr. Cameron compared Greek $$Gpráson, leek (*pr$$.so), English furze.

II

a promontory, Irish ros, promontory (North Ireland), wood (South Ireland; its usual Irish meaning), Early Irish ross, promontory, wood; in the former sense from *pro-sto-s, "standing out before", root sta, stand, Latin sto, English stand, etc.; especially Sanskrit prastha, plateau. In the sense of "wood", ros is generally regarded as the same word as ros, promontory, explained as "promontorium nemorosum", with which is compared Welsh rhos, a moor, waste, coarse highland, Breton ros, a knoll.