Where does “cweorn” come from?

cweorn (Old English) comes 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.

cweorn (Old English): quern

Definitions

  1. quern

Ancestry of “cweorn”, step by step

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

Words derived from “cweorn”

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