Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quernstone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: quern-stone
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either of a pair of stones used for grinding material by hand.

Etymology

From quern + stone. From Middle English querneston, whernston, from Old English cweornstān, from Proto-Germanic *kwernōstainaz. Cognate with Old High German quirnstein and Old Norse kvernsteinn.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: querneston, cweornstān, *kwernōstainaz

Inflected Forms

quernstones (plural) quern-stone (alternative)

Questions

What does quernstone mean?: Either of a pair of stones used for grinding material by hand.
Where does quernstone come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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