I don't know if you've heard of the word horn before. According to Dictionary.com, horn is "one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats or antelopes." I know that's a long description, but it's pretty simple if you simply know horn is what a sheep has in its head. When you say you don't want to toot your own horn, you're figuratively saying you don't want to blow your own horn. I don't know about the origin of that expression, but imagining yourself blowing a horn makes it easier to remember of the expression at least.
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