English
horning
Horning comes from Middle English hornynge ‘the adding, inlaying or insertion of horn on…’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂nós.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱr̥h₂nósreconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hurną‘horn’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hornreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150horn
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘Horn as a material or in crafts’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500hornynge‘the adding, inlaying or insertion of horn on something’
- Englishearliest quotation 1646horning
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱr̥h₂nósreconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hurną‘horn’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hornreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150horn
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘Horn as a material or in crafts’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500hornynge‘the adding, inlaying or insertion of horn on something’
- Englishearliest quotation 1646horning
Earliest quotation: 1646, John Gregory: “the Horning, which is the cauſe why they ſet…”
Linked words
through Middle English horn ‘Horn as a material or in crafts’
Today it means
verb The activity of blowing the horn of a train.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂nós / horning