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Where does “þerna” come from?

þerna (Old Norse) comes from Old Saxon thiorna, from Proto-West Germanic *þewernā.

þerna (Old Norse): tern; maid servant

Definitions

  1. tern; maid servant

Ancestry of “þerna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonthiorna—
2Proto-West Germanic*þewernā—

Words derived from “þerna”

  • sterne
  • tärna
  • terne
  • terne
  • þerna
  • terna
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *þewernā →