Where does “dernen” come from?

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

dernen (Middle English): to keep secret, hide, conceal

Definitions

  1. to keep secret, hide, conceal

Ancestry of “dernen”, step by step

dernen 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

Words derived from “dernen”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *darnijan →Every word from Old English dyrnan →