Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/garną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 (“tharm, gut, intestine”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, *ǵʰer- (“tharm, gut, intestine”). Cognate with Latin hernia (“rupture”), Latin hīra (“empty gut”), Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string”), Sanskrit हिर (híra, “band, strip”).

Noun

*garną n

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

Old English: gearn, ġearn, ġern
- Middle English: garn, yarn
  - Scots: yairn
  - English: yarn; garn (obsolete)
Old Frisian: *jern, *jirn
- Saterland Frisian: Jäiden, Jidden
- West Frisian: jern
Old Saxon: garn
- Middle Low German: garn
Old Dutch: *garn
- Middle Dutch: gharen
  - Dutch: garen
Old High German: garn, karn
- Middle High German: garn
  - German: Garn
  - Luxembourgish: Gar
Old Norse: garn
- Icelandic: garn
- Faroese: garn
- Norwegian:
  - Bokmål: garn
  - Nynorsk: garn
- Old Swedish: garn
  - Swedish: garn
- Danish: garn
- Westrobothnian: gærn