quernus

== Latin == === Etymology === By surface analysis, quercus +‎ -nus. Original *kʷerknos became *kʷernos by regular loss of an obstruent between a liquid and *n. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkʷɛr.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkʷɛr.nus] === Adjective === quernus (feminine querna, neuter quernum); first/second-declension adjective of oak, oaken ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “quernus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. quernus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung “quernus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press