kvern

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse kvern, from Proto-Germanic *kwernō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂wō (heavy stone), from *gʷréh₂us (heavy)

Noun

kvern f or m (definite singular kverna or kvernen, indefinite plural kverner, definite plural kvernene)

  1. mill, grinder (grinding apparatus)

Derived terms

  • avfallskvern
  • bedekvern
  • bekkekvern
  • grynkvern
  • himmelsk kvern
  • håndkvern
  • kaffekvern
  • kjøttkvern
  • kompostkvern
  • kosmisk kvern
  • krydderkvern
  • kvernbenk
  • kvernberg
  • kverne
  • kvernfall
  • kvernfør
  • kverngrep
  • kvernhus
  • kvernkall
  • kvernknarr
  • kvernknurr
  • kvernsagn
  • kvernslok
  • kvernstein
  • kvernsteinsbrudd
  • mandelkvern
  • melkvern
  • pepperkvern
  • resolusjonskvern
  • råkostkvern
  • sagkvern
  • saltkvern
  • siktekvern
  • skallekvern
  • snuskvern
  • speserikvern
  • språkvern
  • vannkvern
  • vasskvern
  • verdenskvern

See also

Further reading

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse kvern.

Noun

kvern f (definite singular kverna, indefinite plural kvernar, definite plural kvernane)

  1. grinder, mill

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kwernō.

Noun

kvern f (genitive kvernar, plural kvernir)

  1. a millstone
  2. a quern, handmill

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: kvörn f
  • Faroese: kvørn f
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvern f
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kvern m or f
  • Jamtish: kvárn f
  • Old Swedish: kværn f
  • Danish: kværn c

References

  • kvern”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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