köken: From Middle High German einhorn, einhurne, from Old High German einhorn(o), einhurn(o), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *ainahorn, a calque of Latin ūnicornis, itself a calque of Ancient Greek μονόκερως (monókerōs). Equivalent to ein + Horn.
unicorn · unicorn (startup whose valuation has exceeded one billion U.S. dollars)
çekim: çoğul licornes
eş: unicorne
köken: From Old French unicorne via reanalysis as une icorne (with indefinite article), followed by further reanalysis of the new definite form l'icorne, or from Italian alicorno, variant of liocorno.
unicorn · sea unicorn, narwhal · licorne (a type of 18th and 19th century muzzle-loading gun-howitzer)
çekim: çoğul единоро́ги · tamlayan единоро́га
eş: инорог, нарвал, морской единорог, индийский носорог, единоросс
köken: From едино- (jedino-, “uni-”) + рог (rog, “horn”). The artillery sense stems from the unicorn on the coat of arms of count P. I. Shuvalov, who introduced this type of artillery piece in the Russian army.
köken: yksi (“one”) + sarvi (“horn”) + -inen (“-ed”). Attested since the time of Mikael Agricola (output c. 1543–1552) (originally as yxisaruinen). Probably a calque of Swedish enhörning or German Einhörner.
unicorn · rhinoceros · Monoceros (constellation on the celestial equator)
köken: From Middle High German einhorn, einhurne, from Old High German einhorn(o), einhurn(o), a calque of Latin ūnicornis, itself a calque of Ancient Greek μονόκερως (monókerōs). Compare German Einhorn n, noting the difference in grammatical gender. By surface analysis, איין (eyn) + האָרן (horn).