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
- The condition of being horned
Ancestry of “hornedness”, step by step
hornedness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English horned
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | horned | Having horns; cuckolded; simple past tense and... |
| 2 | Middle English | horned | Possessing horns or a similar projection; horned... |
| 3 | Middle English | horn | A horn; A jutting or projecting extremity of... |
| 4 | Old English | horn | horn; gable |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | horn | horn |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hurną | horn |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |