Where does “horn” come from?

horn (Old Saxon) comes 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.

horn (Old Saxon): horn

Definitions

  1. horn

Ancestry of “horn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichornhorn
2Proto-Germanichurnąhorn
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
5Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- →