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This is also encoded in some natural languages. In Polish an elephant trunk is called "trąba", which also means "trumpet".

• baddox 10y ago
  Likewise, the Online Etymology Dictionary says the English word may have originated from confusion with "trump" short for "trumpet." http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=trunk http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=trunk
• botverse 10y ago
  Same in Spanish: "trompa"
  • ggambetta 10y ago
    Kind of - "trumpet" is "trompeta". On the other hand, "trompa" can translate to "horn", which is not quite the same thing as a trumpet.
    • pygy_ 10y ago
      In French "trompette" (trumpet) is a diminutive form of "trompe" (trunk, but it also has other meanings: [0] and trompe d'Eustache, trompe de Fallope (Eustachian and Fallopian tubes)...). [0] https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trompe_de_chasse https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trompe_de_chasse
    • yellowapple 10y ago
      Maybe not quite the same, but it is indeed a similar theme.