horn

Swedish

noun
Definitions
  • horn growth on animals' heads
  • horn object shaped from or like an animal's horn, used for drinking, storage or making sounds
  • horn object that makes a sound, e.g. on a car
  • (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 *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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