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: a thread, typically in a ball/skein or on a spool; such balls and/or spools collectively

Definitions

  1. yarn: a thread, typically in a ball/skein or on a spool; such balls and/or spools collectively

Ancestry of “garn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germangarn—
2Old High Germangarnyarn
3Proto-West Germanicgarnyarn
4Proto-Germanicgarnąyarn
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰorn-—

Words derived from “garn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰorn- →Every word from Proto-Germanic garną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic garn →