Etymology Explorer
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Where does “ċyrn” come from?
ċyrn (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic kirnijǭ, from Proto-Germanic kernǭ — butter tub; creme.
Ancestry of “ċyrn”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
kirnijǭ
a churn
2
Proto-Germanic
kernǭ
butter tub; creme
Words derived from “ċyrn”
churning
churn
churner
antichurning
churningly
churnable
churneth
cherne
kyrne
chyrne
chrine
kirn
chyrnen
rechurn
saz kirin
churnalist
churnest
churnover
chur
churnful
churny
chyrnynge
unchurn
churna
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