kvern

Norwegian

noun-c

Definitions

mill, grinder grinding apparatus

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse kvern (quern) inherited from Proto-Germanic *kwernō (millstone) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerewn- (millstone).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*gʷerewn-

Gloss

millstone

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*gʷerewn- Proto-Indo-European
*gʷréh₂wō Proto-Indo-European
*kwernō Proto-Germanic
kvern Norwegian Nynorsk
cweorn Old English
kvern Old Norse
kvernarauga Old Norse
kvernsteinn Old Norse
kvörn Icelandic
kværn Old Swedish
qwarn Westrobothnian
kvæðn Jamtish