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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kernô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Related to *kurną (“corn, grain”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈker.nɔːː/

Noun

*kernô m[1]

  1. kernel, core

Inflection
masculine an-stemDeclension of *kernô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kernô *kernaniz
vocative *kernô *kernaniz
accusative *kernanų *kernanunz
genitive *kirniniz *kernanǫ̂
dative *kirnini *kernammaz
instrumental *kirninē *kernammiz

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Old Saxon: kerno
  • Old Dutch: *kerno
  • Old High German: kerno
  • Old Norse: kjarni
    • Icelandic: kjarni
    • Faroese: kjarni
    • Norwegian Bokmål: kjerne
    • Old Swedish: kiärne
      • Swedish: kärna (from the oblique), kärne (obsolete or dialectal)
    • Danish: kerne

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*kernan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 285
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