Where does “վալտորն” come from?
վալտորն (Armenian) comes from Russian валто́рна, from Polish waltornia, from German Waldhorn, from German horn, from Middle High German horn, from Old High German horn, from Proto-West Germanic horn, from Proto-Germanic hurną — army.
վալտորն (Armenian): French horn
Ancestry of “վալտորն”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | валто́рна | — |
| 2 | Polish | waltornia | French horn |
| 3 | German | Waldhorn | French horn; hunting horn |
| 4 | German | horn | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | horn | — |
| 6 | Old High German | horn | horn |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | horn | horn |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hurną | horn |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |