garn
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- yarn; a twisted strand of fiber used for e.g. knitting
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse garn inherited from Proto-Germanic *garną (yarn) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰorn-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nanoyarn English
- yarn English
- yarncraft English
- yarner English
- yarnless English
- yarnlike English
- yarnmaker English
- yarnover English
- yarnspinner English
- yarnspinning English
- yarny English
- *ǵʰer- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰorn- Proto-Indo-European
- garn Norwegian Bokmål
- *garną Proto-Germanic
- reda Swedish
- redgarn Swedish
- redgarnsstrumpa 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