< Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic
Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kernǭ
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *kernǭ (“seed, germ”), in the sense of "remove or extract the kernel from"; yet this is disputed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈker.nɔ̃ː/
Noun
*kernǭ f
- a churn
Inflection
ōn-stemDeclension of *kernǭ (ōn-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *kernǭ | *kernōniz | |
vocative | *kernǭ | *kernōniz | |
accusative | *kernōnų | *kernōnunz | |
genitive | *kernōniz | *kernōnǫ̂ | |
dative | *kernōni | *kernōmaz | |
instrumental | *kernōnē | *kernōmiz |
Derived terms
- *kirnijaną
- *kirnijǭ
Descendants
- Old English: ċirin, ċyrin
- Middle English: chirne, chyrne, cherne
- Scots: kirn, kern, kurn, curn (also possibly from Old Norse)
- English: churn
- Middle English: chirne, chyrne, cherne
- Old Frisian: *tserne
- Saterland Frisian: Säddene
- West Frisian: tsjerne
- Old Saxon: *kerna
- Middle Low German: kerne, kirne, karne
- Low German: karne, Karne
- German: Karn, Kirne, Kerne
- Middle Low German: kerne, kirne, karne
- Frankish: *kerna
- Old Dutch: *kerna
- Middle Dutch: kerne, keerne
- Dutch: karn
- Middle Dutch: kerne, keerne
- Walloon: serene
- Old Dutch: *kerna
- Old Norse: kirna
- Icelandic: kirna
- Faroese: kirna
- Old Swedish: kirna, kerna
- Swedish: kärna
- Danish: kjærne, kjerne
- → Finnish: kirnu
- → Latvian: ķērne