yarn

Meanings

Noun

• A twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving.
• Bundles of fibers 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

• To tell a story or stories.

Related

Similar words

• story, tale

Narrower meaning words

• worsted

Origin

• 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-.
• 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 ("string"), Sanskrit हिर ("band"). Compare also the obsolete doublet garn.