cornu
Latin
noun
Definitions
- a horn, antler
- a tusk
- the horns of the moon
- an arm or wing of an army
- (musical instruments) a horn as a musical instrument
- any substance like the material of a horn, such as the bill of a bird
- the end of a book or scroll, usually made of ivory
- (figuratively) power, strength, might
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂u, *ḱerh₂- (horn, head, top, shatter, smash, break, mix), *ḱerh₂- (horn, head, top, shatter, smash, break, mix).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱerh₂-
Gloss
horn, head, top, shatter, smash, break, mix
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
頭
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Herne English
- Hornblower English
- airhorn English
- behorn English
- bighorn English
- blowhorn English
- buckhorn English
- bullhorn English
- butterhorn English
- coach horn English
- corniform English
- cornigerous English
- corno English
- cornu English
- cornutor English
- deerhorn English
- dehorn English
- demihorn English
- dishorn English
- elkhorn English
- feedhorn English
- fish-horn English
- flowerhorn English
- foghorn English
- hartshorn English
- horn English
- horn-bearing English
- hornbag English
- hornball English
- hornbeak English
- hornbill English
- hornblower English
- hornbook English
- hornbug English
- horncore English
- horndog English
- horned English
- hornen English
- horner English
- hornfoot English
- hornful English
- hornification English
- horning English
- hornish English
- hornist English
- hornless English
- hornlet English
- hornlike English
- hornowl English
- hornpike English
- hornpipe English
- hornpout English
- hornpox English
- hornrims English
- hornsman English
- hornsnake English
- hornstone English
- horntail English
- hornwork English
- hornworm English
- hornwort English
- hornwrack English
- horny English
- inkhorn English
- longhorn English
- melodyhorn English
- nanohorn English
- postcornu English
- posthorn English
- powderhorn English
- pronghorn English
- raghorn English
- ramshorn English
- saddlehorn English
- salogen English
- shoehorn English
- shorthorn English
- staghorn English
- stinkhorn English
- straighthorn English
- surla English
- tinhorn English
- war-horn English
- yellowhorn English
- zurna English
- *salonae Latin
- *salsparsus Latin
- Cerealis Latin
- Cerēs Latin
- accrēsco Latin
- carina Latin
- cerebellum Latin
- cerebrum Latin
- cernuus Latin
- cervix Latin
- cervīcem Latin
- cervīx, cervix, cervīcem Latin
- cornū Latin
- sal Latin
- salarius Latin
- salimuria Latin
- salina Latin
- tri Latin
- tricornis Latin
- saláta Hungarian
- cornare Italian
- cornata Italian
- cornetto Italian
- cornificare Italian
- cornista Italian
- corno Italian
- crescita Italian
- incornare Italian
- salami Italian
- tricorno Italian
- unicorno Italian
- cor French
- corno Spanish, Castilian
- βουκράνιον Ancient Greek
- κάρυον Ancient Greek
- κέρας Ancient Greek
- καῖρος Ancient Greek
- κεράννυμι Ancient Greek
- κεραυνός Ancient Greek
- κορυφαῖος Ancient Greek
- κρατήρ Ancient Greek
- κρᾱνίον Ancient Greek
- ὠλέκρανον Ancient Greek
- *(s)tewd- Proto-Indo-European
- *kerud- Proto-Indo-European
- *seh₂l- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱer- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱerh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱerh₂wós Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱorh₂u Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱr̥h₂n- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱr̥h₂wós Proto-Indo-European
- *hersô Proto-Germanic
- *herutaz Proto-Germanic
- *hirsijô Proto-Germanic
- *hirzniją Proto-Germanic
- *hrinþaz Proto-Germanic
- *hurhwą Proto-Germanic
- *hurnijǭ Proto-Germanic
- *hurną Proto-Germanic
- Herian Old English
- शिर Sanskrit
- शीर्षन् Sanskrit
- शृङ्खल Sanskrit
- शृङ्खल, शृङ्खला Sanskrit
- शृङ्ग Sanskrit
- शृङ्ग, শৃঙ্গ Sanskrit
- horn, horne Middle English
- *korva Proto-Slavic
- cor Old French
- korno Esperanto
- surla Serbo-Croatian
- इकसिंगा Hindi
- पंच Hindi
- cornada Galician
- cornecho Galician
- corneira Galician
- cornizó Galician
- corno Galician
- saleiro Galician
- سر Persian
- سرنا Persian
- κόρνο Greek (modern)
- σαλαμούρα Greek (modern)
- zurna Turkish
- زورنا Ottoman Turkish
- *Cerno-on-os Proto-Celtic
- *karnos Proto-Celtic
- *kerati Proto-Celtic
- શિંગડું Gujarati
- *ćarHabʰás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *ćr̥Has Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *ćr̥Hwa- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- cornu Aromanian
- *kerazrom Proto-Italic
- *krās Proto-Italic
- *krāzrō Proto-Italic
- *krēāō Proto-Italic
- *śr̥Hngám Proto-Indo-Aryan
- 𐭫𐭥𐭩𐭱𐭤 Middle Persian
- 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕 Sauraseni Prakrit
- 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕 Maharastri Prakrit
- *tsera Proto-Albanian
- *tˢira Proto-Albanian
- *śárˀkāˀ Proto-Balto-Slavic
- sâ Ligurian
- cuarno Dalmatian
- *sarah- Proto-Iranian
- शींग Konkani
- shing Romani
- *ćora fiu-pro
- *kerawós Proto-Hellenic
- *kórwos Proto-Hellenic
- sal Aragonese
- هرن Gulf Arabic
- ṣiŋ Kalasha
- kerpetis Old Prussian
- ہیٚنٛگ Kashmiri
- *śirˀšō bat-pro
- ṣing Phalura