Where does “ahorn” come from?

ahorn (Middle High German) comes from Old High German ahorn, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- — sharp.

Ancestry of “ahorn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanahornmaple
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-sharp

Words derived from “ahorn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- →Every word from Old High German ahorn →