querne
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *kwern, *kwerna, from Proto-Germanic *kwernuz.
Noun
querne f
Inflection
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | querne | quernen |
accusative | querne | quernen |
genitive | querne, quernen | quernen |
dative | querne, quernen | quernen |
Descendants
- Dutch: kweern
Further reading
- “querne”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “querne”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English
Alternative forms
- quern, queerne, quyerne, quyrne, qwerne
- cwerne (Early Middle English)
- qwhern, qweryn, whern (Northern)
Etymology
From Old English cweorn, from Proto-West Germanic *kwernu, from Proto-Germanic *kwernō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂wō (“heavy stone”). The final vowel is generalised from the Old English oblique forms.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkwɛrn(ə)/, /ˈkweːrn(ə)/, /ˈkwɛːrn(ə)/
Noun
querne (plural quernes)
- A quern or quirn; a device for grinding grains.
- A stone forming part of a quern.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “quẹ̄̆rn(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 July 2018.
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English querne, from Old English cweorn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwɛrn/
Noun
querne
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 63