[ˈɑːkˌwe͜orˠ.nɑ] ācweorna m squirrel Weak: ācwern Middle English: acquerne, <span class="searchmatch">aquerne</span>, ocquerne, okerne, aquierne >? English: con, conn (“squirrel”) (dialectal)...
FWOTD – 7 October 2018 <span class="searchmatch">aquerne</span>, aquierne ōc-querne, ocquerne, okerne From Old English ācweorna, āc-wern, āqueorna (“squirrel”), from Proto-West Germanic...
Dutch eekhoorn, eekhoorntje, West Frisian iikhoarntsje, Middle English <span class="searchmatch">aquerne</span>, Danish egern, Norwegian Bokmål ekorn, Swedish ekorre, Icelandic íkorni...
“shadow”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”)). Displaced native Middle English acquerne, <span class="searchmatch">aquerne</span>, from Old English ācweorna. (Received Pronunciation, General Australian...
sense?) Origin uncertain. Perhaps a clipping of Middle English acquerne, <span class="searchmatch">aquerne</span>, ocquerne, okerne (“squirrel”), from Old English ācweorna, āqueorna, āquorna...