Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kwernu
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *kwernuz.
Noun
[edit]*kwernu m[1]
Inflection
[edit]| u-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *kwernu | |
| Genitive | *kwernō | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *kwernu | *kwirniwi, *kwernō |
| Accusative | *kwernu | *kwernū |
| Genitive | *kwernō | *kwirniwō |
| Dative | *kwirniwi, *kwernō | *kwernum |
| Instrumental | *kwernu | *kwernum |
Descendants
[edit]- Old Saxon: kwern, quern
- Middle Low German: quern
- Old Dutch: *kwern
- Old High German: kwirn, quirn, kurn, churn
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 50: “PWGmc *kwernu”