Where does “Kuarn” come from?

Kuarn (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German kôrn, from Old Saxon korn, from Proto-West Germanic korn, from Proto-Germanic kurną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.

Kuarn (Plautdietsch): kernel, nugget

Definitions

  1. kernel, nugget

Ancestry of “Kuarn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germankôrn—
2Old Saxonkorn—
3Proto-West Germanickorncorn, grain, cereal
4Proto-Germanickurnącorn, grain, cereal
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nómgrain
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nósmatured, grown old
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature

Words derived from “Kuarn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm →