askorn

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton ascorn, ascourn, from Proto-Brythonic *askurn, from Proto-Celtic *astkornu (compare Cornish askorn, Welsh asgwrn), compound of *ast (“bone”) and *kornu (“horn”) (compare Breton kern (“horns”), Old Irish corn), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂nom (compare Latin cornū, English horn), from *ḱerh₂- (“head, horn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈas.kɔrn/

Noun

askorn m (plural eskern)

1. bone
2. stone (of a fruit)

Cornish

Etymology

From Old Cornish ascorn, from Proto-Brythonic *askurn, from Proto-Celtic *as(t)kornu. Cognate with Breton askorn and Welsh asgwrn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaskɔrn/

Noun

askorn m (plural eskern)

1. bone

Derived terms

• askorn keyn (“backbone”)
• askornek (“bony”)