horn

Icelandic

/hɔrtn/

noun
Definitions
  • horn of an animal
  • fin of a cetacean or other marine animal
  • corner
  • angle
  • (musical instruments) horn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse horn (horn) inherited from Proto-Norse ᚺᛟᚱᚾᚨ inherited from Proto-Germanic *hurną (horn) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (horn, grow, feed, dirty, raven, become bigger, grey, top, plait, weave, gray color, crow, head, rope, dark).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ḱer-

Gloss

horn, grow, feed, dirty, raven, become bigger, grey, top, plait, weave, gray color, crow, head, rope, dark

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

頭

Emoji
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