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