quern

Signification (Anglais)

Concepts

moulin à bras

Traductions

Handmühle

Querne

χειρόμυλος

handmolen

mano de metate

جاروش

el değirmeni

Drehmühle

Prononcé comme (IPA)
/kwɝn/
Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

From Middle English quern, cwerne, from Old English cweorn (“quern, hand-mill, mill”), from Proto-Germanic *kwernō (“millstone”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂wō (“heavy stone”), from *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”). Cognate with Tocharian B kärweñe, Lithuanian girna, Russian жёрнов (žórnov, “millstone”).

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