Etymology Explorer › Old English

Where does “gearn” come from?

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

gearn (Old English): yarn, spun wool

Definitions

  1. yarn, spun wool

Ancestry of “gearn”, step by step

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

Words derived from “gearn”

  • yarn
  • garn
  • yarnover
  • yarner
  • yarnspinning
  • yarny
  • yarnlike
  • yarnspinner
  • yarncraft
  • nanoyarn
  • yarnwindle
  • yarnless
  • yarn bombing
  • yarne
  • ȝern
  • garne
  • yarn
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