The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ḱerh₂-
- Proto-Germanic · inherited from*hurnijǭ“horn, corner, angle”
- Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*hurnijā
- Old English · inherited fromhyrne“horn, corner, angle”
- Middle English · inherited fromhirne
- English todayhirn
From Middle English hirne, herne, from Old English hyrne (“horn, corner, angle”), from Proto-West Germanic *hurnijā, from Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ (“horn, corner, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ is a diminutive form of *hurną, from which comes English horn. Doublet of hern.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishhyrne all →
hurleyhearnHernehernGuyhirn
Proto-Indo-European*ḱerh₂- all →
hartcairnhernhornbeamsarpanchacrasiacarnyxcoryphaeuscoryphéesaveloy
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.