Where does “ġearn” come from?

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

ġearn (Old English): yarn, spun wool

Definitions

  1. yarn, spun wool

Ancestry of “ġearn”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ġearn”

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