Where does “garn” come from?

garn (Swedish) comes from Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic garną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰorn-.

garn (Swedish): yarn; a twisted strand of fiber used for e.g....

Definitions

  1. yarn; a twisted strand of fiber used for e.g....

Ancestry of “garn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsegarn—
2Proto-Germanicgarnąyarn
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰorn-—

Words derived from “garn”

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