Where does “jern” come from?

jern (West Frisian) comes from Old Frisian *jern, from Proto-Germanic garną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰorn-.

jern (West Frisian): yarn

Definitions

  1. yarn

Ancestry of “jern”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisian*jern—
2Proto-Germanicgarnąyarn
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰorn-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰorn- →Every word from Proto-Germanic garną →Every word from Old Frisian *jern →