"kwernuz" meaning in Proto-Germanic

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkʷer.nuz/
Etymology: From Pre-Germanic *gʷérh₂nus, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂wō (“heavy stone”), from *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”). Cognate with Sanskrit ग्रावन् (grāvan, “pressing stone”), Lithuanian gìrna (“grindstone, millstone”), Russian жёрнов (žórnov, “grindstone, millstone”), Old Irish bró (“millstone, handmill”). Etymology templates: {{root|gem-pro|ine-pro|*gʷreh₂-}}, {{inh|gem-pro|ine-pro|*gʷréh₂wō|t=heavy stone}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂wō (“heavy stone”), {{cog|sa|ग्रावन्||pressing stone}} Sanskrit ग्रावन् (grāvan, “pressing stone”), {{cog|lt|gìrna||grindstone, millstone}} Lithuanian gìrna (“grindstone, millstone”), {{cog|ru|жёрнов||grindstone, millstone}} Russian жёрнов (žórnov, “grindstone, millstone”), {{cog|sga|bró||millstone, handmill}} Old Irish bró (“millstone, handmill”) Inflection templates: {{gem-decl-noun}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], kwernuz [nominative, singular], kwirniwiz [nominative, plural], kwernu [singular, vocative], kwirniwiz [plural, vocative], kwernų [accusative, singular], kwernunz [accusative, plural], kwernauz [genitive, singular], kwirniwǫ̂ [genitive, plural], kwirniwi [dative, singular], kwernumaz [dative, plural], kwernū [instrumental, singular], kwernumiz [instrumental, plural]
  1. millstone Tags: feminine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-kwernuz-gem-pro-noun-E2etviUa
  2. handmill; quern Tags: feminine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-kwernuz-gem-pro-noun-YhnxGly~ Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97 Disambiguation of Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header: 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: kwernō
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*kwernu"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *kwernu\nOld Saxon: kwern, quern\nMiddle Low German: quern\nOld Dutch: *kwern\nMiddle Dutch: querne\nDutch: kweern\nOld High German: kwirn, quirn, kurn, churn\nMiddle High German: kurn, kürn",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *kwernu\nOld Saxon: kwern, quern\nMiddle Low German: quern\nOld Dutch: *kwern\nMiddle Dutch: querne\nDutch: kweern\nOld High German: kwirn, quirn, kurn, churn\nMiddle High German: kurn, kürn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "*𐌵𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐌿𐍃"
          },
          "expansion": "Gothic: *𐌵𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐌿𐍃 (*qairnus)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gothic: *𐌵𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐌿𐍃 (*qairnus) (in 𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌵𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐌿𐍃 (asiluqairnus))"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷreh₂-"
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ग्रावन्",
        "3": "",
        "4": "pressing stone"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "gìrna",
        "3": "",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "grindstone, millstone"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian жёрнов (žórnov, “grindstone, millstone”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "1": "sga",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "millstone, handmill"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Pre-Germanic *gʷérh₂nus, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂wō (“heavy stone”), from *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”). Cognate with Sanskrit ग्रावन् (grāvan, “pressing stone”), Lithuanian gìrna (“grindstone, millstone”), Russian жёрнов (žórnov, “grindstone, millstone”), Old Irish bró (“millstone, handmill”).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gem-decl-noun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "u-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kwernuz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kwirniwiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kwernu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kwirniwiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kwernų",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kwernunz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kwernauz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kwirniwǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kwirniwi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kwernumaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kwernū",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kwernumiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwernuz",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kwernō"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "millstone"
      ],
      "id": "en-kwernuz-gem-pro-noun-E2etviUa",
      "links": [
        [
          "millstone",
          "millstone"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 97",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "handmill; quern"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "handmill",
          "handmill"
        ],
        [
          "quern",
          "quern"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʷer.nuz/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Brill Publishers"
  ],
  "word": "kwernuz"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Proto-Germanic feminine nouns",
    "Proto-Germanic lemmas",
    "Proto-Germanic nouns",
    "Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Proto-Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷreh₂-",
    "Proto-Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Proto-Germanic u-stem nouns"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
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          },
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *kwernu\nOld Saxon: kwern, quern\nMiddle Low German: quern\nOld Dutch: *kwern\nMiddle Dutch: querne\nDutch: kweern\nOld High German: kwirn, quirn, kurn, churn\nMiddle High German: kurn, kürn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "*𐌵𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐌿𐍃"
          },
          "expansion": "Gothic: *𐌵𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐌿𐍃 (*qairnus)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gothic: *𐌵𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐌿𐍃 (*qairnus) (in 𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌵𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐌿𐍃 (asiluqairnus))"
    }
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷréh₂wō",
        "t": "heavy stone"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ग्रावन्",
        "3": "",
        "4": "pressing stone"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "gìrna",
        "3": "",
        "4": "grindstone, millstone"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian gìrna (“grindstone, millstone”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "жёрнов",
        "3": "",
        "4": "grindstone, millstone"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "bró",
        "3": "",
        "4": "millstone, handmill"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Pre-Germanic *gʷérh₂nus, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂wō (“heavy stone”), from *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”). Cognate with Sanskrit ग्रावन् (grāvan, “pressing stone”), Lithuanian gìrna (“grindstone, millstone”), Russian жёрнов (žórnov, “grindstone, millstone”), Old Irish bró (“millstone, handmill”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gem-decl-noun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "u-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kwernuz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kwirniwiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kwernu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kwirniwiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kwernų",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kwernunz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kwernauz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kwirniwǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kwirniwi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kwernumaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kwernū",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kwernumiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwernuz",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "kwernō"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "millstone"
      ],
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        [
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          "millstone"
        ]
      ],
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        "feminine",
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      ]
    },
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        "handmill; quern"
      ],
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        [
          "handmill",
          "handmill"
        ],
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          "quern",
          "quern"
        ]
      ],
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        "feminine",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʷer.nuz/"
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "word": "kwernuz"
}

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