Etymology

sandcorn

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Today it means: A grain of sand. Full definition →

Middle English *sandcorn ← Old English sandcorn ← Proto-West Germanic *sandakorn
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  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*samdakurną
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*sandakorn
  3. Old English · inherited fromsandcorn
  4. Middle English · inherited from*sandcorn
  5. English todaysandcorn

From Middle English *sandcorn, from Old English sandcorn, from Proto-West Germanic *sandakorn, from Proto-Germanic *samdakurną, equivalent to sand + corn. Cognate with Dutch zandkoren, German Sandkorn, Swedish sandkorn, Icelandic sandkorn.

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