Where does “Horizont” come from?

Horizont (German) comes from Latin horizōn, from Ancient Greek ὁρίζων, from Ancient Greek ὅρος, from Proto-Hellenic wórwos, from Proto-Indo-European werw-.

Horizont (German): horizon

Definitions

  1. horizon

Ancestry of “Horizont”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhorizōnhorizon
2Ancient Greekὁρίζωνhorizon
3Ancient Greekὅροςboundary, limit, frontier, landmark; marking...
4Proto-Hellenicwórwos
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwerw-

Words derived from “Horizont

Every word from Proto-Indo-European werw-
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