Where does “bighorn” come from?
Bighorn derives from English big and horn, with big tracing through Middle English and Old Norse byggja to Proto-Germanic bugjaną and ultimately Proto-Indo-European bʰewgʰ-.
bighorn (English): Either of two North American species of sheep,...
Definitions
- Either of two North American species of sheep,...
Ancestry of “bighorn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | horn | A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the... |
| 2 | Middle English | horn | A horn; A jutting or projecting extremity of... |
| 3 | Old English | horn | horn; gable |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | horn | horn |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hurną | horn |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |