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Where does “hornedness” come from?

hornedness (English) comes from English horned, from Middle English horned, 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- — army.

hornedness (English): The condition of being horned

Definitions

  1. The condition of being horned

Ancestry of “hornedness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhornedHaving horns; cuckolded; simple past tense and...
2Middle EnglishhornedPossessing horns or a similar projection; horned...
3Middle EnglishhornA horn; A jutting or projecting extremity of...
4Old Englishhornhorn; gable
5Proto-West Germanichornhorn
6Proto-Germanichurnąhorn
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
9Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army
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