Where does “buckhorn” come from?
buckhorn (English) comes from English horn, from Middle English horn, from Old English horn, from Proto-West Germanic horn, from Proto-Germanic hurną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
buckhorn (English): A horn of a buck; The royal fern, "Osmunda...
Definitions
- A horn of a buck; The royal fern, "Osmunda...
Ancestry of “buckhorn”, step by step
buckhorn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English horn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
via English buck
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | buck | A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare,... |
| 2 | Middle English | bukke | male goat; male deer or roe |
| 3 | Old English | būc | belly, stomach; belly, stomach, pitcher; belly,... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *būk | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | būkaz | belly, abdomen; body |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōw- | to inflate, swell; to swell, grow, thrive, be,... |