hornbeam
‘type of small tree, which somewhat resembles horn’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
O.E. horn ‘horn of an animal; projection, pinnacle’ < Proto-G. hurni- + beam ‘tree’ < hawn < ker- < Tamil kaṭu
hornbeam
‘type of small tree, which somewhat resembles horn’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
O.E. horn ‘horn of an animal; projection, pinnacle’ < Proto-G. hurni- + beam ‘tree’ < hawn < ker- < Tamil kaṭu
English words derived from Tamil kaṭu connoting ‘horn’