Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kwernu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kwernuz.

Noun

*kwernu m[1]

quern, hand-mill

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kwernu
Genitive	*kwernō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kwernu	kwerniwi, kwernō
Accusative	*kwernu	*kwernū
Genitive	*kwernō	*kwerniwō
Dative	kwerniwi, kwernō	*kwernum
Instrumental	*kwernu	*kwernum

Descendants

Old Saxon: kwern, quern
- Middle Low German: quern
Old Dutch: *kwern
- Middle Dutch: querne
  - Dutch: kweern
Old High German: kwirn, quirn, kurn, churn
- Middle High German: kurn, kürn

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 50: “PWGmc *kwernu”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 50: “PWGmc *kwernu”