Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/korn

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kurną. Doublet of *grānō.

Noun

*korn n

corn, grain, cereal

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*korn
Genitive	*kornas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*korn	*kornu
Accusative	*korn	*kornu
Genitive	*kornas	*kornō
Dative	*kornē	*kornum
Instrumental	*kornu	*kornum

Derived terms

*kurnil

Descendants

Old English: corn
- Middle English: corn, coorn, coren, corne, curn, koren, korn
  - English: corn (see there for further descendants)
  - Scots: corn, curn
  - Yola: coorn, koorn
Old Frisian: korn
- Saterland Frisian: Koarel (via dissimilation)
- West Frisian: koarn
Old Saxon: korn
- Middle Low German: korn
  - Low German: Korn
  - Plautdietsch: Korn
Old Dutch: korn, coren (in compounds)
- Middle Dutch: corn, kōren
  - Dutch: koren, koorn (archaic)
    - Afrikaans: koring
    - Negerhollands: koorn
    - → Sranan Tongo: karu
      - → Saramaccan: kálu
Old High German: korn, chorn
- Middle High German: korn
  - Alemannic German: Chorn
  - Central Franconian: Koon, Kor, Korn (Moselle Franconian)
  - Cimbrian: khòrn
  - German: Korn
  - Luxembourgish: Kar
  - Mòcheno: kourn
  - Yiddish: קאָרן (korn)