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 musical instrument

Definitions

  1. horn musical instrument

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”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker- →