Where does “horning” come from?
horning (English) comes from Middle English hornynge, 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.
horning (English): present participle of horn; The activity of...
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- present participle of horn; The activity of...
Ancestry of “horning”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | hornynge | The adding, inlaying or insertion of horn on something |
| 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 |