tärna
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- a bridesmaid
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse þerna (tern, maid, servant girl) derived from Old Saxon thiorna derived 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
- sterne French
- *tekw- Proto-Indo-European
- terne Norwegian Bokmål
- *þewernǭ Proto-Germanic
- fisk Swedish
- fisktärna Swedish
- kentsk Swedish
- kentsk tärna Swedish
- kärr Swedish
- kärrtärna Swedish
- mås Swedish
- rosen Swedish
- rosentärna Swedish
- sand Swedish
- sandtärna Swedish
- silver Swedish
- silvertärna Swedish
- skräna Swedish
- skräntärna Swedish
- skägg Swedish
- skäggtärna Swedish
- små Swedish
- småtärna Swedish
- sot Swedish
- sottärna Swedish
- svart Swedish
- svarttärna Swedish
- tygel Swedish
- tygeltärna Swedish
- tärnmås Swedish
- vinge Swedish
- vit Swedish
- vitvingad tärna Swedish
- terne Norwegian Nynorsk
- þerna Old Norse
- terne Danish
- þerna Icelandic
- diorna Old High German
- thiorna, diorna Old High German
- terna Faroese
- *thiorna Old Dutch
- dêrne Middle Low German
- thiorna Old Saxon