Where does “kirn” come from?
kirn (Kurdish) comes from Middle English kyrne, from Old English ċyrn, from Proto-Germanic kirnijǭ, from Proto-Germanic kernǭ — butter tub; creme.
Ancestry of “kirn”, step by step
kirn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English kyrne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | kyrne | Alternative form of cherne |
| 2 | Old English | ċyrn | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kirnijǭ | a churn |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | kernǭ | butter tub; creme |
via Old English cyrnel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | cyrnel | a kernel; a hard concretion in the flesh, an... |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *kurnil | kernel of a nut |
Words derived from “kirn”