Where does “querne” come from?

querne (Middle English) comes from Old English cweorn, from Proto-West Germanic *kwernu, from Proto-Germanic kwernō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷréh₂wō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷréh₂us, from Proto-Indo-European -us — Forms adjectives from Caland system roots.

querne (Middle English): Alternative form of quern

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of quern

Ancestry of “querne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcweornquern
2Proto-West Germanic*kwernuquern, hand-mill
3Proto-Germanickwernōmillstone; handmill; quern
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷréh₂wōquern, mill-stone
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷréh₂usheavy
6Proto-Indo-European-usForms adjectives from Caland system roots

Words derived from “querne”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -us →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷréh₂us →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷréh₂wō →