Where does “Lenkerhörnchen” come from?
Lenkerhörnchen (German) comes from German Hörnchen, 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- — army.
Lenkerhörnchen (German): bar end
Definitions
- bar end
Ancestry of “Lenkerhörnchen”, step by step
Lenkerhörnchen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Hörnchen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Hörnchen | Diminutive of Horn; a German pastry, shaped like... |
| 2 | German | horn | horn musical instrument |
| 3 | Middle High German | horn | — |
| 4 | Old High German | horn | horn |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | horn | horn |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hurną | horn |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via German Lenker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Lenker | handlebar |
| 2 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 3 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |