Where does “garen” come from?
garen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch garn, from Proto-West Germanic garn, from Proto-Germanic garną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰorn-.
Ancestry of “garen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | garn | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | garn | yarn |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | garną | yarn |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰorn- | — |
Words derived from “garen”