Where does “hornblāwere” come from?
hornblāwere (Old 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.
hornblāwere (Old English): hornblower, trumpeter, bugler
Definitions
- hornblower, trumpeter, bugler
Ancestry of “hornblāwere”, step by step
hornblāwere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English horn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | horn | horn; gable |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | horn | horn |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hurną | horn |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via Old English blāwere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | blāwere | blower |