Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwernō
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
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From Pre-Germanic *gʷérh₂nus, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂wō (“heavy stone”), from *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”). Cognate with Lithuanian girna (“grindstone, millstone”), Russian жёрнов (žórnov, “grindstone, millstone”), Old Irish bró (“millstone, handmill”).
Pronunciation
Noun
*kwernō f
Inflection
ō-stemDeclension of *kwernō (ō-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *kwernō | *kwernôz | |
vocative | *kwernō | *kwernôz | |
accusative | *kwernǭ | *kwernōz | |
genitive | *kwernōz | *kwernǫ̂ | |
dative | *kwernōi | *kwernōmaz | |
instrumental | *kwernō | *kwernōmiz |
Related terms
Descendants
- Old English: cweorn
- Old Frisian: quern
- North Frisian: quern
- Old Saxon: querna; (kwern, quern)
- Old Dutch: *kwerna
- Old High German: chwirna; (kwirn, quirn, kurn, churn)
- Old Norse: kvern
- Icelandic: kvern, kvörn
- Faroese: kvørn
- Norwegian: kvern
- Old Swedish: kværn, kvarn
- Swedish: kvarn
- Old Danish: kwærn
- Danish: kværn
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- Elfdalian: kwenn
- Jamtish: kvæðn
- Gutnish: kvänn
- Scanian: kværn
- → Proto-Samic:
- Northern Sami: giertnas