ᚺᛟᚱᚾᚨ

Proto-Norse
FWOTD – 5 September 2019

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-nó-m, from *ḱerh₂- (“head, horn”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 (haurn), Old English horn, more distantly with Latin cornū, Sanskrit शृङ्ग (ṡṛṅga, “horn”), Old Church Slavonic сръна (srŭna, “roedeer”), Hittite [script needed] (surna, “horn”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhor.nɑ/

Noun

ᚺᛟᚱᚾᚨ (horna) n

  1. horn
    • c. 5th century, inscription on the Golden Horns of Gallehus:
      ᛖᚲᚺᛚᛖᚹᚨᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ᛬ᚺᛟᛚᛏᛁᛃᚨᛉ᛬ᚺᛟᚱᚾᚨ᛬ᛏᚨᚹᛁᛞᛟ᛬
      ekhlewagastiʀ᛬holtijaʀ᛬horna᛬tawido᛬
      I, Hlewagastiz Holtijaz, made [the] horn

Descendants
  • Old Norse: horn
    • Icelandic: horn
    • Faroese: horn
    • Norn: honnj
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: horn, (dialectal) hønn
    • Norwegian Bokmål: horn
    • Old Swedish: horn
    • Danish: horn
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