querne

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *kwern, *kwerna, from Proto-Germanic *kwernuz.

Noun

querne f

  1. quern

Inflection

Weak feminine noun
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

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)

  1. A quern or quirn; a device for grinding grains.
  2. A stone forming part of a quern.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English querne, from Old English cweorn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kwɛrn/

Noun

querne

  1. handmill

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