Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A twisted strand of fibre used for knitting or weaving. · Bundles of fibres twisted together, and which in turn are twisted in bundles to form strands, which in their turn are twisted or plaited to form rope. · A story, a tale, especially one that is incredible.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo tell a story or stories, especially one that is lengthy or unlikely to be true.
From Middle English yern, yarn, from the Old English ġearn (“yarn, spun wool”), from Proto-West Germanic *garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną (“yarn”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, *ǵʰerH- (“tharm, guts, intestines”). Cognates Akin to West Frisian jern, Dutch garen (“yarn”), German Garn (“yarn”), Danish garn, Swedish garn (“yarn, thread”), Icelandic garn (“yarn”), Latin hernia (“rupture”), Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string”), Sanskrit हिर (hira, “band”). Compare also the obsolete doublet garn.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*ǵʰerH-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionyernenm
- Inherited-form mentionġearnang
- Inherited-form mention*garngmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*garnągem-pro
- Derivation mention*ǵʰorn-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionjernfy
- Cognate mentiongarennl
- Cognate mentionGarnde
- Cognate mentiongarnda
- Cognate mentiongarnsv
- Cognate mentiongarnis
- Cognate mentionherniala
- Cognate mentionχορδήgrc
- Cognate mentionहिरsa
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