Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kwernu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kwernuz.

Noun

*kwernu m[1]

  1. quern, hand-mill

Inflection

u-stem
Singular
Nominative *kwernu
Genitive *kwernō
Singular Plural
Nominative *kwernu *kwirniwi, *kwernō
Accusative *kwernu *kwernū
Genitive *kwernō *kwirniwō
Dative *kwirniwi, *kwernō *kwernum
Instrumental *kwernu *kwernum

Descendants

  • Old Saxon: kwern, quern
  • Old Dutch: *kwern
  • Old High German: kwirn, quirn, kurn, churn
    • Middle High German: kurn, kürn

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 50: “PWGmc *kwernu”
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