*kirnijǭ

Runic: ᚲᛁᚱᚾᛁᛃᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈker.ni.jɔ̃ː/

noun · feminine · ōn-stem

Meanings

a churn

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Germanic *kernǭ (‘creme’)? Alternatively, the latter word is a backformation from this one. Possibly, they are related to *kernô (‘core’), which is related to *kurną (‘corn, grain’); yet this is disputed.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	kirnijǭ	kirnijōniz
Acc.	kirnijōnų	kirnijōnunz
Gen.	kirnijōniz	kirnijōnǫ̂
Dat.	kirnijōni	kirnijōmaz
Inst.	kirnijōnē	kirnijōmiz
Voc.	kirnijǭ	kirnijōniz

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Descendants

*kirnijā (Proto-West Germanic)
- serene (Walloon)
*kirnijā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kirna (Old Dutch)
  - kerne, keerne (Middle Dutch)
    - karn (Dutch)
      - karring (Afrikaans)
*kirnijā (Proto-West Germanic)
- ċirin, ċyrin (Old English)
  - chyrne, cherine, cherne, cheyrne, chirne, kirne, kyrn, kyrne (Middle English)
    - churn, kern (English)
    - kirn, kern, kurn, curn (Scots)
*kirnijā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *tzerne (Old Frisian)
  - ? (East Frisian)
  - ? (North Frisian)
  - tsjerne (West Frisian)
*kirnijā (Proto-West Germanic)
- ? (Old Saxon)
  - kerne, kirne, karne (Middle Low German)
    - Karn, Kirne, Kerne (German)
    - ķērne (Latvian)
    - Karne (Low German)
kirna (Old Norse)
- kærne, kjærne, kjerne (Danish)
- kirna (Faroese)
- kirna (Icelandic)
- kinne (Norwegian)
kirna (Old Norse)
- kirna, kerna (Old Swedish)
  - kärna (Swedish)
*kirnu (Proto-Finnic)

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