yern
English
/jəːn/
adjective
Definitions
- (obsolete) Willing, eager, covetous, swift, nimble, earnest.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English yern (willing, eager) inherited from Old English ġeorn (eager) inherited from *gern inherited from Proto-Germanic *gernaz (eager, willing).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*gernaz
Gloss
eager, willing
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- kernas Finnish
- gern German
- gernhaben German
- ungern German
- dolgaarne Dutch, Flemish
- gaarne Dutch, Flemish
- *ǵʰer- Proto-Indo-European
- *gernaz Proto-Germanic
- gärna Swedish
- ciricgeorn Old English
- firengeorn Old English
- georn Old English
- georne Old English
- wohgeorn Old English
- ġeorn Old English
- yern Middle English
- gjarn Old Norse
- gjarna Old Norse
- gjarna, gerna Old Norse
- gerne Danish
- ugerne Danish
- gjarn Icelandic
- gerne Middle Dutch
- gern Old High German
- gīr Old High German
- gerne Middle High German
- *gern gmw-pro
- gern Old Saxon