*garną

Runic: ᚷᚨᚱᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈɣɑr.nɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

yarn

Etymology

From *garnō (‘gut, intestine’), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH- (‘gut, intestine’). Cognate with Latin hernia (‘rupture’), Latin hīra (‘empty gut’), Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ) (khordḗ, ‘string’), Sanskrit हिर (híra) (híra, ‘band, strip’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	garną	garnō
Acc.	garną	garnō
Gen.	garnas, garnis	garnǫ̂
Dat.	garnai	garnamaz
Inst.	garnō	garnamiz
Voc.	garną	garnō

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Descendants

*garn (Proto-West Germanic)
- *garn (Old Dutch)
  - gāren (Middle Dutch)
    - garen (Dutch)
*garn (Proto-West Germanic)
- ġearn (Old English)
  - garn, garne (Middle English)
    - garn (English)
*garn (Proto-West Germanic)
- ġearn (Old English)
  - yarn, ȝarn, ȝern, ȝerne, jarne, yarne, yeern (Middle English)
    - yarn (English)
    - yairn (Scots)
*garn (Proto-West Germanic)
- *jern, *jirn (Old Frisian)
  - Jäiden, Jidden (Saterland Frisian)
  - jern (West Frisian)
*garn (Proto-West Germanic)
- garn (Old High German)
  - garn (Middle High German)
    - gaarn, ghèrn (Cimbrian)
    - Garn (German)
    - Gar (Luxembourgish)
*garn (Proto-West Germanic)
- garn (Old Saxon)
  - garn (Middle Low German)
    - Gaarn (German Low German)
garn (Old Norse)
- garn (Danish)
- garn (Faroese)
- garn (Icelandic)
- ?, garn (Norwegian)
garn (Old Norse)
- garn (Old Swedish)
  - garn (Swedish)

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