Where does “Garn” come from?

Garn (German) comes from Middle High German garn, from Old High German garn, from Proto-West Germanic garn, from Proto-Germanic garną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰorn-.

Garn (German): yarn; net

Definitions

  1. yarn; net

Ancestry of “Garn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germangarn—
2Old High Germangarnyarn
3Proto-West Germanicgarnyarn
4Proto-Germanicgarnąyarn
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰorn-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰorn- →Every word from Proto-Germanic garną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic garn →