quern

Reikšmė (anglų kalba)

Noun

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

Verb

To grind; to use a quern.

Sinonimai

mill

hand mill

grindstone

grater

pestle

hand-mill

grinder

Tariama kaip (IPA)

/kwɝn/

Etimologija (anglų kalba)

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”).