Where does “dærnen” come from?

dærnen (Middle English) comes from Old English dyrnan, from Proto-Germanic *darnijan.

Ancestry of “dærnen”, step by step

dærnen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English dyrnan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdyrnanto hide
2Proto-Germanic*darnijan—

via Old English diernan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdiernanto keep secret; to conceal, hide; to restrain
Every word from Proto-Germanic *darnijan →Every word from Old English dyrnan →
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