quern

== English == === Alternative forms === curn, kern, quirn === Etymology === From Middle English quern, cwerne, from Old English cweorn (“quern, hand-mill, mill”), from Proto-Germanic *kwernō (“millstone”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂wō (“heavy stone”), from *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”). Cognate with Swedish kvarn, Tocharian B kärweñe, Lithuanian girna, Russian жёрнов (žórnov, “millstone”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /kwɝn/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kwɜːn/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n === Noun === quern (plural querns) A mill for grinding corn, especially a handmill made of two circular stones. ==== Derived terms ==== beehive quern quernstone saddle quern ==== Translations ==== === Verb === quern (third-person singular simple present querns, present participle querning, simple past and past participle querned) (transitive) To grind; to use a quern. ==== See also ==== quirn == Middle English == === Noun === quern alternative form of querne