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korn.

corn, cereal

4 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/korn/[kʰoɐ̯ˀn][kʰokwɐ]
  1. corn, cereal

    neuter
  2. grain (e.g. sandkorn (“grain of sand”))

    neuter
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm. Related to kerne (“kernel, core”), from Proto-Germanic *kernô (“kernel, core”). Possibly also related to kærne (“(butter) churn”), from Proto-Germanic *kirnijǭ (“churn”) (see that entry for more).

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