Etymology Explorer › Old Dutch

Where does “garn” come from?

garn (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic garn, from Proto-Germanic garną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰorn-.

Ancestry of “garn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicgarnyarn
2Proto-Germanicgarnąyarn
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰorn-—

Words derived from “garn”

  • vergaren
  • garen
  • garen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰorn- →