There are multiple origins and translations for the Kern:
1. German, Dutch, and Jewish from Middle High German (kerne) - "kernel, seed" or from Middle Dutch (kern (e), keerne) - "grain" metonymic occupational name for a farmer.
2. Old English (cweorn) - "hand mill", or a habitational name for "someone from Kern in the Isle of Wight".
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