Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “ǵʰorn-”

40 words across 20 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰorn- — including yarn, garn, yarnover, yarner, yarnspinning, yarny, yarnlike, yarnspinner.

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English (13)

Middle English (4)

Dutch (2)

Icelandic (2)

Old English (2)

Old Norse (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Danish (1)

Swedish (1)

Old High German (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

German (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Middle High German (1)