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Where does “einhurno” come from?

einhurno (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic ainahorn, from Latin ūnicornis, from Latin ūni-, from Latin ūnus, from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Italic oinos, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.

einhurno (Old High German): A unicorn

Definitions

  1. A unicorn

Ancestry of “einhurno”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicainahorn—
2Latinūnicornis—
3Latinūni-—
4Latinūnus—
5Old Latinoinosone
6Proto-Italicoinoscardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single

Words derived from “einhurno”

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