gearn
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *garną, whence also Old Saxon garn, Old High German garn, Old Norse garn. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, *ǵʰer- (“tharm, gut, intestine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jæɑrn/
Noun
ġearn n
- yarn
Descendants
- Middle English: yarn, garn
- English: yarn
- Scots: yairn