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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

Words derived from “Horn”

  • hornblende
  • Matterhorn
  • hornfels
  • hornblendic
  • flugelhorn
  • hornblendite
  • alphorn
  • krummhorn
  • waldhorn
  • flugelhornist
  • magnesiohornblende
  • ferrohornblende
  • hornblenditic
  • alphornist
  • subhornblendic
  • cromorna
  • hornablenda
  • orneblenda
  • валторна
  • hornblende
  • cromorne
  • Nebelhorn
  • Krummhorn
  • Breitmaulnashorn
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