English
Quarndon
Quarndon comes from Old English *Cweorndūn.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150*Cweorndūnreconstructed
- EnglishtodayQuarndon
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150*Cweorndūnreconstructed
- EnglishtodayQuarndon
A compound of cweorn ‘quern, millstone’ + dūn ‘hill’
Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂- ‘heavy’
Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us ‘heavy’
Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂wō ‘heavy stone’
Proto-Germanic *kwernō ‘millstone’
Proto-West Germanic *kwernu ‘quern, hand-mill’
Old English cweorn ‘quern, millstone’
Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- ‘to last’
Proto-Indo-European *duh₂-nós ‘lasting, durable’
Proto-Celtic *dūnom ‘stronghold, rampart’
Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- ‘to smoke, fume, raise dust’
Proto-Germanic *dūnaz ‘heap, pile’
Proto-West Germanic *dūnu ‘sand dune’
Old English dūn ‘hill’
The story
Attested in the 1086 Domesday Book as Cornun.
Every English word from Old English *Cweorndūn
Today it means
name A village in Amber Valley borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK344410).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English *Cweorndūn / Quarndon