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]

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

*kernǭ

Descendants

Old Frisian: *kerna m, *kerne f, *kern n
- Saterland Frisian: Kädden n
- West Frisian: kearn m or f
Old Saxon: kerno m, *kern m, *kerna f
- Middle Low German: kerne, kern, karne, karn m or f
  - German Low German: Keern m
Old Dutch: *kerno m, *kerna f
- Middle Dutch: kerne, keerne f
  - Dutch: keern, kern f
    - Afrikaans: kern
Old High German: kerno, kern m
- Middle High German: kerne, kern
  - Central Franconian:
    - Hunsrik: Kern
  - German: Kern
  - Luxembourgish: Kär
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

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

[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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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kernô

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