Proto-Germanic

*kurną

‘corn, grain, cereal’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *kurną.

5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *kurną, most familiar first.

• corn ← *korn
• kernel ← cyrnel ← *kurnil
• corny ← corn ← corn ← *korn
• kern ← corn ← corn ← *korn
• kernelly ← kirnelly ← kirnel ← cyrnel ← *kurnil

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *kurną