Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/garną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

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

Noun

*garną n

1. yarn

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *garną (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*garną	*garnō
vocative	*garną	*garnō
accusative	*garną	*garnō
genitive	*garnas, *garnis	*garnǫ̂
dative	*garnai	*garnamaz
instrumental	*garnō	*garnamiz

Descendants

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