garne

Middle English

/ɡarn/

noun

Definitions

Yarn; a length of fibre used to weave.

Etymology

Inherited from Old English ġearn (spun wool, yarn) borrowed from Old Norse garn inherited from Proto-Germanic *garną (yarn).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*garną

Gloss

yarn

Concept

Semantic Field

Clothing and grooming

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

garn English
*ǵʰorn- Proto-Indo-European
garn Norwegian Bokmål
*garną Proto-Germanic
garn Swedish
garn Norwegian Nynorsk
gearn Old English
ġearn Old English
yarne Middle English
garn Old Norse
garn Danish
garn Icelandic
garn Old High German
*garn gmw-pro
*jern Old Frisian

yarne