kvern
Old Norse
noun
Definitions
- a millstone
- a quern, handmill
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *kwernō (millstone).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*kwernō
Gloss
millstone
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *gʷerewn- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷréh₂wō Proto-Indo-European
- kvern Norwegian Bokmål
- *kwernō Proto-Germanic
- kvarn Swedish
- kvern Norwegian Nynorsk
- cweorn Old English
- auga Old Norse
- kvernarauga Old Norse
- kvernsteinn Old Norse
- steinn Old Norse
- kvörn Icelandic
- kværn Old Swedish
- qwarn Westrobothnian
- kvæðn Jamtish