Old English wiernan

← Old English werian (mention)

← Old English wearnian (mention)

← Danish værne (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *warnijaną (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *warnō (mention)

← Proto-West Germanic *warnijan (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *wer- (root)

← Old Norse verna (cognate)

← Old Frisian werna (cognate)

→ English garnish (cognate)

→ Old English wearnian (mention)

→ Middle English wernen (mention)

→ French garnir (cognate)