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Where does “ahorn” come from?

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

Ancestry of “ahorn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-sharp

Words derived from “ahorn”

  • Ahorn
  • ahornblättrig
  • ahorn
  • ahornsirup
  • ahorn
  • ahorn
  • ar
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