Where does “cornbære” come from?

cornbære (Old English) comes from Old English corn, from Proto-West Germanic korn, from Proto-Germanic kurną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.

cornbære (Old English): corn-bearing

Definitions

  1. corn-bearing

Ancestry of “cornbære”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcorncorn, a grain or seed; a cornlike pimple, a corn...
2Proto-West Germanickorncorn, grain, cereal
3Proto-Germanickurnącorn, grain, cereal
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nómgrain
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nósmatured, grown old
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm →