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Where does “garn” come from?

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

garn (Proto-West Germanic): yarn

Definitions

  1. yarn

Ancestry of “garn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgarnąyarn
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰorn-—

Words derived from “garn”

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