Where does “Hornblende” come from?
Hornblende (German) comes from German horn, 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.
Hornblende (German): hornblende
Definitions
- hornblende
Ancestry of “Hornblende”, step by step
Hornblende traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German horn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | horn | horn musical instrument |
| 2 | Middle High German | horn | — |
| 3 | Old High German | horn | horn |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | horn | horn |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hurną | horn |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via German blende
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | blende | inflection of blenden: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | German | blenden | to dazzle; to blind; to show off; to pose; to... |
| 3 | Middle High German | blenden | to blend, mix |
| 4 | Old High German | blenten | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | blandijaną | to blind |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlendʰ- | to blend, to mix up; to make cloudy, opaque;... |