Where does “swegelhorn” come from?
swegelhorn (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.
swegelhorn (Old English): a type of musical instrument
Definitions
- a type of musical instrument
Ancestry of “swegelhorn”, step by step
swegelhorn 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 sweġel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | sweġel | the Sun |