Where does “ornus” come from?

ornus (Latin) comes from Estonian õrn, from Finnish horna — hell.

ornus (Latin): an ash tree; a lance made of the wood of an ash

Definitions

  1. an ash tree; a lance made of the wood of an ash

Ancestry of “ornus”, step by step

ornus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian õrn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianõrntender
2Finnishhornahell

via Proto-Indo-European Heh₃s-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-EuropeanHeh₃s-ash tree

Words derived from “ornus

Every word from Finnish hornaEvery word from Estonian õrn