quern

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

A mill for grinding corn, especially a handmill made of two circular stones.

Verb

To grind; to use a quern.

Concetti

macina

sinonimi

mill

hand mill

grindstone

grater

pestle

hand-mill

grinder

Traduzioni

Handmühle

رحى

Querne

χειρόμυλος

moulin

moulin à bras

handmolen

mano de metate

جاروش

el değirmeni

رحا

Drehmühle

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/kwɝn/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: quern

Ereditato da inglese antico: cweorn

Affine Tokharian B: kärweñe

Affine lituano: girna

Affine russo: жёрнов

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”).