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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orfew, post: 2750331, member: 74968&quot;]It is related. From wikipedia:&quot;The word <i>cuckold</i> derives from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuckoo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuckoo" rel="nofollow">cuckoo</a> bird, alluding to its habit of laying its eggs in other birds&#039; nests.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuckold#cite_note-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuckold#cite_note-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuckold#cite_note-BBC_2009-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuckold#cite_note-BBC_2009-3" rel="nofollow">[3]</a> The association is common in medieval <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folklore" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folklore" rel="nofollow">folklore</a>, literature, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iconography" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iconography" rel="nofollow">iconography</a>.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the horns of a cuckold:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.strangehistory.net/2014/05/16/cuckolds-horns/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.strangehistory.net/2014/05/16/cuckolds-horns/" rel="nofollow">http://www.strangehistory.net/2014/05/16/cuckolds-horns/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The most difficult question is, of course, where does the idea of a cuckold’s horns originate? There are many theories but the best notion has to be that pushed a generation ago by Graber and Richter (1987). They referred to a curious agricultural custom whereby castrated roosters (capons) had their spurs transplanted onto their combs: where they grew into the comb as horns. (Talk about adding insult to injury.) The cuckolded husband is neutered, hence the capon’s horns. If all this sounds interesting but hardly cuckoldish, consider that the German word for cuckold is <i>Hahnrei</i> (rooster-deer): etymological proof always sounds so convincing. The problem is that most studies suggest that the practice originated in the Latin Mediterranean (i.e. that’s where we get most early evidence) but the connection there was with goats not roosters&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>As you can see, the whole origin of the horns of a cuckhold is not easy to ascertain.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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