Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/korn

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 *kurną. Doublet of *grānō.

Noun

*korn n

1. corn, grain, cereal

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*korn(a)
Genitive	*kornas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*korn(a)	*kornu
Accusative	*korn(a)	*kornu
Genitive	*kornas	*kornō
Dative	*kornē	*kornum
Instrumental	*kornu	*kornum

Derived terms

• *kurnil

Descendants

• Old English: corn
  • Middle English: corn, coorn, coren, corne, curn, koren, korn
    • English: corn (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: corn, curn
    • Yola: coorn, koorn
• Old Frisian: korn
  • Saterland Frisian: Koarel (via dissimilation)
  • West Frisian: koarn
• Old Saxon: korn
  • Middle Low German: korn
    • Low German: Korn
    • Plautdietsch: Kuarn
• Old Dutch: korn, coren (in compounds)
  • Middle Dutch: corn, kōren
    • Dutch: koren, koorn (archaic)
      • Afrikaans: koring
      • Negerhollands: koorn
      • → Sranan Tongo: karu
        • → Saramaccan: kálu
• Old High German: korn, chorn
  • Middle High German: korn
    • Alemannic German: Chorn
    • Central Franconian: Koon, Kor, Korn (Moselle Franconian)
    • Cimbrian: khòrn
    • German: Korn
    • Luxembourgish: Kar
    • Mòcheno: kourn
    • Yiddish: קאָרן (korn)