different between morn vs dorn

English

Etymology

From Middle English morn, variant of morwe, from Old English morgen, from Proto-West Germanic *morgan, *morgin, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, *murginaz (compare West Frisian moarn, Low German Morgen, Dutch morgen, German Morgen, Danish morgen, Norwegian morgon), from Proto-Indo-European *mr?kéno, *mr?kóno, from Proto-Indo-European *mr?Hko (compare Welsh bore (“morning”), Lithuanian mérkti (“to blink, twinkle”), Sanskrit ????? (már?ci, “ray of light”)), from *mer- (“to shimmer, glisten”) (compare Greek ???? (méra, “morning”)). See also morrow, morning.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /m??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /m??n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n
• Homophones: mourn (with horse-hoarse merger), mourne, morne

Noun

morn (countable and uncountable, plural morns)

1. (now poetic) Morning.

Synonyms

• morning, morrow; see also Thesaurus:morning

Anagrams

• NORM, Norm, Norm., norm, norm.

Alemannic German

Adverb

morn

1. tomorrow

Middle English

Noun

morn

1. Alternative form of morwe

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??/
• Rhymes: -??

Interjection

morn

1. colloquial variant of god morgen

References

• “morn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “morn” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??/ (example of pronunciation)

Interjection

morn

1. colloquial variant of god morgon

Derived terms

• morna

References

• “morn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English morn, variant of morwe, from Old English morgen.

Noun

morn (plural morns)

1. morning
2. (definite singular) tomorrow

   A'll gae for ma messages the morn. I'll go shopping tomorrow.

Swedish

Interjection

morn

1. Colloquial variant of god morgon

Anagrams

• norm

English

Etymology

Compare German Dorn (“thorn”).

Noun

dorn (plural dorns)

1. A British ray; the thornback.

Anagrams

• Nord, rond

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *durnos (compare Welsh dwrn (“fist”), Irish dorn), probably loaned from a non-Indo-European substrate language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?rn/

Noun

dorn m (plural dornioù, dual daouarn)

1. hand

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *durnos (compare Welsh dwrn (“fist”), Irish dorn), probably loaned from a non-Indo-European substrate language.

Noun

dorn m (dual dewdhorn or diwla, plural dornow)

1. hand
2. fist
3. handle

Mutation

References

• Matasovi?, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, ?ISBN

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish dorn, from Proto-Celtic *durnos (compare Welsh dwrn), probably loaned from a non-Indo-European substrate language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??o???n??/

Noun

dorn m (genitive singular doirn, nominative plural doirne)

1. fist

Declension

Derived terms

• dornáil (“to box, fist; boxing, fisting”)

Mutation

Iu Mien

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *tu??n (“son, boy”). Cognate with White Hmong tub.

Noun

dorn 

1. boy

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch thorn, from Proto-West Germanic *þornu.

Noun

dorn m

1. thorn
2. thornbush

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• d?orn, d?ren

Descendants

• Dutch: doren, doorn
  • Afrikaans: doring

Further reading

• “dorn”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “dorn”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN