Middle English quern

← Old English cweorn (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *kwernō (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂- (root)

← Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂wō (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us (mention)

→ English quern (inherited)

→ Middle English pepyrquerne (affix)

→ Yola querne (inherited)