cweorn

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kwernō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwe͜orn/, [kwe͜orˠn]

Noun

cweorn f

1. quern

Descendants

• Middle English: querne, quern, queerne, quyerne, quyrne, qwerne, cwerne (Early Middle English), qwhern, qweryn, whern (Northern)
  • English: quern, kern, curn, quirn
  • Scots: querne, quern, queirn, queern
  • Yola: querne