Where does “horned” come from?
horned (Middle English) comes from Middle English horn, 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.
horned (Middle English): Possessing horns or a similar projection; horned...
Definitions
- Possessing horns or a similar projection; horned...
Ancestry of “horned”, step by step
horned traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English horn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | horn | A horn; A jutting or projecting extremity of... |
| 2 | Old English | horn | horn; gable |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | horn | horn |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hurną | horn |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via Old English hyrned
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | hyrned | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | hurnidaz | horned |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hurnijaną | to use a horn; to blow a horn |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |