Where does “horn” come from?

horn (Middle English) comes from Old English 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 (Middle English): A horn; A jutting or projecting extremity of...

Definitions

  1. A horn; A jutting or projecting extremity of...

Ancestry of “horn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhornhorn; gable
2Proto-West Germanichornhorn
3Proto-Germanichurnąhorn
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
6Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

Words derived from “horn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- →