English yern

← Old English ġeorn (inherited)

← Danish gerne (cognate)

← German gern (cognate)

← Middle English yern (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *gernaz (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *gern (inherited)

← Icelandic gjarn (cognate)

← Icelandic gjarna (cognate)

← Dutch gaarne (cognate)

← Swedish gärna (cognate)

→ German gern (cognate)