quern
Middle English
/kwɛrn/
noun
Definitions
- A quern or quirn; a device for grinding grains.
- A stone forming part of a quern.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English cweorn (quern, mill, millstone, hand-mill) inherited from Proto-Germanic *kwernuz inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂wō (heavy stone), *gʷreh₂- (heavy, strong).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷreh₂-
Gloss
heavy, strong
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
強
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Quorn English
- aggravate English
- antigravitation English
- autogravitation English
- bariatric English
- baric English
- barium English
- barometer English
- brutality English
- brutish English
- degravitation English
- graveness English
- gravidly English
- gravimeter English
- gravimetric English
- gravimetry English
- gravitational English
- graviton English
- gravity English
- hyperbaric English
- isobar English
- isobaric English
- multigravid English
- quern English
- quernstone English
- supergravitation English
- supergravity English
- brūtus Latin
- gravare Latin
- gravida Latin
- gravidus Latin
- gravis Latin
- gravitas Latin
- gravito, gravitatus Latin
- gravitās Latin
- gravitātiō Latin
- gravo Latin
- gravo, gravō, gravāre Latin
- gravō Latin
- briga Italian
- brigade French
- brigadier French
- βάρος Ancient Greek
- βαρύτης Ancient Greek
- *gʷreh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷrih₂-g- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷréh₂us Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷréh₂wō Proto-Indo-European
- *ud- Proto-Indo-European
- *kwernuz Proto-Germanic
- *kwernō Proto-Germanic
- cweorn Old English
- गुरु Sanskrit
- ग्रावन् Sanskrit
- peper Middle English
- pepyrquerne Middle English
- grievance Old French
- aggravation Middle French
- *kwern Old Dutch
- *brawū Proto-Celtic
- kärweñe Tocharian B