querne

== Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch *kwern, *kwerna, from Proto-Germanic *kwernuz. === Noun === querne f quern ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: kweern === Further reading === “querne”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “querne”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN == Middle English == === Alternative forms === quern, queerne, quyerne, quyrne, qwerne cwerne (Early Middle English) qwhern, qweryn, whern (Northern) === Etymology === From Old English cweorn, from Proto-West Germanic *kwernu, from Proto-Germanic *kwernō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂wō (“heavy stone”). The final vowel is generalised from the Old English oblique forms. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkwɛrn(ə)/, /ˈkweːrn(ə)/, /ˈkwɛːrn(ə)/ === Noun === querne (plural quernes) A quern or quirn; a device for grinding grains. A stone forming part of a quern. ==== Derived terms ==== peperquerne ==== Descendants ==== English: quern, kern, curn, quirn Scots: querne, quern, queirn, queern Yola: querne ==== References ==== “quẹ̄̆rn(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 July 2018. == Yola == === Etymology === From Middle English querne, from Old English cweorn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kwɛrn/ === Noun === querne handmill === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 63