herne
/hˈɝn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.37 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Herne the Hunter, an English mythological figure; an antlered ghost associated with Windsor Forest and Great Park in the English county of Berkshire.
name
A village in Herne and Broomfield parish, City of Canterbury district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1865).
name
A city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
name
A surname.
Etymology
Unknown. Suggested by R. Lowe Thompson to derive from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“horn”), which would mean it is related to English horn. Others have suggested that it comes from Old English Herian (literally “warrior-leader”), which is a name for Woden. Another theory is that it derives from the surname Horne.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *ḱer-, Herian, hyrne