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cerna

Pronunciation: /ˈθɛɾna/

“cerna” is a Galician word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

  1. heartwood
  2. core, essence, kernel
  3. sap
  4. pith (the essential or vital part)

In Galician

  1. Parte interior do tronco dunha árbore.
  2. Parte máis importante ou fundamental de algo.

Etymology

Perhaps from Suevic, from Proto-Germanic *kernô (“kernel”). Compare Icelandic, Faroese, Old Norse kjarni (“kernel, core”).

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