Dern Definition
(now chiefly dialectal) A secret place; hiding.
Other Word Forms of Dern
Noun
Origin of Dern
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From Middle English dern, derne, from Old English dyrne, dierne (“hidden, secret, retired, obscure, remote, eluding detection, concealed, deceitful, evil, magical”), from Proto-Germanic *darnijaz (“hidden, masked”), from Proto-Indo-European *dher(ǝ)-, *dhrē- (“to hold, hold tight, support”). Cognate with Old Frisian dern, dren (“hidden, secret”), Old Saxon derni (“hidden, secret”), Old High German tarni (“hidden”).
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From Middle English dernen, dærnen, from Old English dyrnan, diernan (“to keep secret, conceal, hide, restrain, repress, hide oneself”), from Proto-Germanic *darnijaną (“to conceal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dher(ǝ)-, *dhrē- (“to hold, hold tight, support”). Cognate with Old Saxon dernian (“to conceal”), German tarnen (“to camougflage, disguise”). See also darn, tarnish.
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From Middle English dern, derne, from Old English dyrne, dierne (“secret”), from Proto-Germanic *darniją (“secret”), from Proto-Indo-European *dher(ǝ)-, *dhrē- (“to hold, hold tight, support”). See below.
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Uncertain.
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