acquerne

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === aquerne, aquierne ōc-querne, ocquerne, okerne === Etymology === From Old English ācweorna, ācwern, āqueorna (“squirrel”), from Proto-West Germanic *aikwernō (“squirrel”). Displaced by the French borrowing squirel around the 13th century. The word is cognate with Danish egern, Middle Dutch êncoren (modern Dutch eekhoorn, eikhoren, inkhoren), Norwegian ekorn, Old High German eichhorn, eihhorno (modern German Eichhorn), Low German êker-ken, Old Norse íkorni, Old Saxon ēkhorn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaːkwɛrn(ə)/, /ˈɔːkwɛrn(ə)/ === Noun === acquerne (plural acquernes) A squirrel. The fur of a squirrel. ==== Synonyms ==== squirel ==== Descendants ==== >? English: con, conn >? Scots: con === References ===