Yarn
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Old English gearn ; of Germanic origin, related to Dutch garen .
wiktionary
From Middle English yarne, ȝern, yarn, from the Old English ġearn(“yarn, spun wool”), from Proto-West Germanic *garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną(“yarn”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, *ǵʰer-(“tharm, guts, intestines”).
etymonline
yarn (n.)
Old English gearn "spun fiber, spun wool," from Proto-Germanic *garnan (source also of Old Norse, Old High German, German garn, Middle Dutch gaern, Dutch garen "yarn"), from PIE root *ghere- "intestine, gut, entrail." The phrase to spin a yarn "to tell a story" is first attested 1812, from a sailors' expression, on notion of telling stories while engaged in sedentary work such as yarn-twisting.
