Where does “alphornist” come from?
alphornist (English) comes from English alphorn, from Alemannic German Alphorn, from German Alphorn, from German horn, from Middle High German horn, from Old High German horn, from Proto-West Germanic horn, from Proto-Germanic hurną — army.
alphornist (English): Someone who plays the alphorn
Definitions
- Someone who plays the alphorn
Ancestry of “alphornist”, step by step
alphornist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English alphorn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | alphorn | A long, curved, wooden horn used by... |
| 2 | Alemannic German | Alphorn | alphorn |
| 3 | German | Alphorn | alphorn |
| 4 | German | horn | horn musical instrument |
| 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 |
via English ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |