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
    • Swedish: horn
  • Danish: horn