Where does “hornfisc” come from?

hornfisc (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.

hornfisc (Old English): garfish

Definitions

  1. garfish

Ancestry of “hornfisc”, step by step

hornfisc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English horn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhornhorn; gable
2Proto-West Germanichornhorn
3Proto-Germanichurnąhorn
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
6Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

via Old English fisċ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfisċfish
2Proto-West Germanicfiskfish
3Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
4Indo-European*peysk-—

Words derived from “hornfisc”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker- →