Where does “quornfärs” come from?
quornfärs (Swedish) comes from English Quorn, from English Quorndon, from Old English cweorndun, from Old English cweorn, from Proto-West Germanic *kwernu, from Proto-Germanic kwernō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷréh₂wō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷréh₂us — Forms adjectives from Caland system roots.
quornfärs (Swedish): Quorn, used as a substitute for ground meat
Definitions
- Quorn, used as a substitute for ground meat
Ancestry of “quornfärs”, step by step
quornfärs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Quorn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Quorn | A famous fox hunt (one of the world's oldest, established in 1696) in Leicestershire |
| 2 | English | Quorndon | — |
| 3 | Old English | cweorndun | — |
| 4 | Old English | cweorn | quern |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *kwernu | quern, hand-mill |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kwernō | millstone; handmill; quern |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷréh₂wō | quern, mill-stone |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷréh₂us | heavy |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -us | Forms adjectives from Caland system roots |