Old English gearn

← Proto-Germanic *garną (inherited)

← Old High German garn (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (root)

← Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn- (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (mention)

← Old Norse garn (cognate)

← Old Saxon garn (cognate)