Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/garn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *garną.

Noun

*garn n

1. yarn

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*garn
Genitive	*garnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*garn	*garnu
Accusative	*garn	*garnu
Genitive	*garnas	*garnō
Dative	*garnē	*garnum
Instrumental	*garnu	*garnum

Descendants

• 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