þerna
Icelandic
/ˈθɛrtna/
noun
Definitions
- maid, girl, female servant
- attendant, stewardess
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse þerna (tern, maid, servant girl) inherited from Proto-Germanic *þewernǭ (servant's daughter, maid).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*þewernǭ
Gloss
servant's daughter, maid
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- tern English
- Dirne German
- deerne Dutch, Flemish
- sterne French
- *tekw- Proto-Indo-European
- terne Norwegian Bokmål
- *þewernǭ Proto-Germanic
- fisktärna Swedish
- kentsk tärna Swedish
- kärrtärna Swedish
- rosentärna Swedish
- sandtärna Swedish
- silvertärna Swedish
- skräntärna Swedish
- skäggtärna Swedish
- småtärna Swedish
- sottärna Swedish
- svarttärna Swedish
- tygeltärna Swedish
- tärna Swedish
- tärnmås Swedish
- vitvingad tärna Swedish
- terne Norwegian Nynorsk
- þerna Old Norse
- terne Danish
- dierne Middle Dutch
- diorna Old High German
- thiorna, diorna Old High German
- terna Faroese
- dierne Middle High German
- *thiorna Old Dutch
- thiorna Old Saxon