thiorna

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þewernǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- (“to run, flow”).

Noun

thiorna ?

virgin

Descendants

Middle Low German: dêrne
- German Low German: Deern
  - → German: Deern
→ Old Norse: þerna
- Faroese: terna
- Old Swedish: thærna
  - Swedish: tärna
- Danish: tærne
- →? Middle English: therne, thierne, tharne, tarne
  - >? English: tern, tarn

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