Where does “Horn” come from?

Horn (German) comes from Middle High German horn, from Old High German 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.

Horn (German): horn; cornet; cranial parietal bones

Definitions

  1. horn; cornet; cranial parietal bones

Ancestry of “Horn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanhorn—
2Old High Germanhornhorn
3Proto-West Germanichornhorn
4Proto-Germanichurnąhorn
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
7Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- →
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