chyrne

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English ċiern, from Proto-West Germanic *kirnijā, Proto-Germanic *kirnijǭ, extension of *kernǭ. Forms with /k/ are from or influenced by the related Old Norse kirna.

Alternative forms

cherine, cherne, cheyrne, chirne, kirne, kyrn, kyrne

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛrn(ə)/, /ˈt͡ʃirn(ə)/, /ˈkirn(ə)/

Noun

chyrne

churn

Derived terms

Descendants

English: churn, kern
Scots: kirn, kern, kurn, curn

References

“chirne, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-11.

Verb

chyrne

Alternative form of chyrnen

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