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Rh  (Corm.), ros, genealogy, to which Strachan compares Got. frasts, for fra-sϑt-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 Gr. ἔρση, ἑρση, dew, and ἀρσην, male. Dr. Cameron compared Gr. πράσον, leek (*pṛso), Eng. furze.