terna

Faroese

/ˈtʰɛtna/, /ˈtʰɛɻɳa/

noun

Definitions

tern (Sterna paradisaea)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse þerna (tern, maid, servant girl).

Origin

Old Norse

þerna

Gloss

tern, maid, servant girl

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

tern English
terne Norwegian Bokmål
*þewernǭ Proto-Germanic
tärna Swedish
terne Norwegian Nynorsk
þerna Old Norse
þerna Icelandic
thiorna Old Saxon