quernstone

Signification (Anglais)

Either of a pair of stones used for grinding material by hand.

Synonymes

millstone

grindstone

sharpening stone

burrstone

rotten-stone

rubberstone

millstone grit

rub stone

hone

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: querneston

Hérité de ancien anglais: cweornstān

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: quirnstein

Appartenant à vieux norrois: kvernsteinn

In summary

From quern + stone. From Middle English querneston, whernston, from Old English cweornstān, from Proto-Germanic *kwernōstainaz. Cognate with Old High German quirnstein and Old Norse kvernsteinn.