Quern Definition

kwûrn
noun
A primitive hand mill, esp. for grinding grain.
Webster's New World
verb

To grind.

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Singular:
quern
Plural:
querns

Origin of Quern

  • From Middle English quern, cwerne, from Old English cweorn (“quern, hand-mill, mill"), from Proto-Germanic *kwernuz, *kwernō (“millstone"), from Proto-Indo-European *gÊ·erǝun-, *gÊ·rāun- (“millstone"). Cognate with North Frisian quern (“quern"), Dutch kweern (“quern"), Middle High German kurn (“millstone"), Danish kværn (“grinder"), Swedish kvarn (“mill, grinder").

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  • Middle English querne from Old English cweorn gwerə-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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