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
- horn; cornet; cranial parietal bones
Ancestry of “Horn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | horn | — |
| 2 | Old High German | horn | horn |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | horn | horn |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hurną | horn |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
Words derived from “Horn”