Herne
English
proper noun
Definitions
- an English mythological figure; an antlered ghost associated with Windsor Forest and Great Park in the English county of Berkshire.
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (horn, grow, feed, dirty, raven, become bigger, grey, top, plait, weave, gray color, crow, head, rope, dark) derived from Old English Herian.
Origin
Old English
Herian
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Hornblower English
- airhorn English
- behorn English
- bighorn English
- blowhorn English
- buckhorn English
- bullhorn English
- butterhorn English
- coach horn 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
- posthorn English
- powderhorn English
- pronghorn English
- raghorn English
- ramshorn English
- saddlehorn English
- shoehorn English
- shorthorn English
- staghorn English
- stinkhorn English
- straighthorn English
- tinhorn English
- war-horn English
- yellowhorn English
- Cerealis Latin
- Cerēs Latin
- accrēsco Latin
- cornu Latin
- crescita Italian
- καῖρος Ancient Greek
- *ḱer- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱerh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *hirsijô Proto-Germanic
- *hrinþaz Proto-Germanic
- *hurhwą Proto-Germanic
- *hurną Proto-Germanic
- Herian Old English
- शृङ्खल Sanskrit
- शृङ्खल, शृङ्खला Sanskrit
- शृङ्ग Sanskrit
- शृङ्ग, শৃঙ্গ Sanskrit
- horn, horne Middle English
- *korva Proto-Slavic
- *krēāō Proto-Italic
- *śárˀkāˀ Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *ćora fiu-pro
- *kórwos Proto-Hellenic
- هرن Gulf Arabic
- horn
- horny
- behorn
- horned
- dehorn
- hornen
- horner
- elkhorn
- bighorn
- raghorn
- hornlet
- inkhorn
- dishorn
- hornowl
- airhorn
- hornbag
- hornful
- horndog
- hornist
- horning
- tinhorn
- hornish
- foghorn
- hornbug
- hornpox
- hornworm
- hornwort
- staghorn
- demihorn
- buckhorn
- hornrims
- blowhorn
- hornbeak
- hornfoot
- hornpipe
- nanohorn
- war-horn
- feedhorn
- shoehorn
- bullhorn
- ramshorn
- hornpout
- horntail
- hornwork
- hornlike
- posthorn
- hornless
- hornsman
- hornbill
- deerhorn
- hornball
- hornpike
- longhorn
- hornbook
- horncore
- stinkhorn
- hornwrack
- hornsnake
- pronghorn
- hornstone
- fish-horn
- shorthorn
- hartshorn
- flowerhorn
- hornblower
- yellowhorn
- melodyhorn
- saddlehorn
- powderhorn
- coach horn
- butterhorn
- Hornblower
- straighthorn
- horn-bearing
- hornification