Etymology

garn

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Today it means: Yarn (twisted fibers for weaving) or worsted (woolen yarn). Full definition →

Middle English garn ← Old Norse garn ← Proto-Germanic *garną
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garn · noun1

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*garną“intestine, chord, yarn”
  2. Old Norse · derived fromgarn
  3. Middle English · inherited fromgarn
  4. English todaygarn

From Middle English garn, from Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną (“intestine, chord, yarn”). Akin to Danish garn (“yarn”), Swedish garn (“yarn”), Old English ġearn (“yarn”). Doublet of yarn.

garn · interjection2

From go on.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*garną all →

yarn

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