Where does “hornepipe” come from?
hornepipe (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.
hornepipe (Middle English): hornpipe
Definitions
- hornpipe
Ancestry of “hornepipe”, step by step
hornepipe 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 Middle English pīpe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | pīpe | A pipe; a piece of tubing used as a channel (often for fluids) |
| 2 | Middle English | pipen | To use a pipe or similar musical instrument; to... |
| 3 | Old English | pīpian | to pipe |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | pīpan | to peep, to chirp, to squeak |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | pīpaną | To chirp or pipe like a bird or rodent; To talk... |
| 6 | Latin | pipo | I pip, peep |