Where does “Horde” come from?

Horde (German) comes from Polish horda, from Russian орда́, from Proto-Turkic ordu — army, camp.

Horde (German): horde

Definitions

  1. horde

Ancestry of “Horde”, step by step

Horde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish horda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishhordahorde
2Russianорда́horde
3Proto-Turkicorduarmy, camp

via Middle High German horde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanhorde—

Words derived from “Horde”

Every word from Proto-Turkic ordu →