Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gernô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *gernaz +‎ *-ô.

Adverb

*gernô

willingly, eagerly

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *gernō
- Old English: ġeorne
  - Middle English: ȝeorne, ȝerne, gerne, ȝorne
- Old Saxon: gerno
  - Middle Low German: gerne
- Old Dutch: *gerno
  - Middle Dutch: gerne
    - Dutch: gaarne
    - Limburgish: gaern, gaer
    - West Flemish: geirn
- Old High German: gerno
  - Middle High German: gërne
    - Bavarian: gean
      - Cimbrian: gearn
    - Central Franconian: jään, jär, gär(e), geare
      - Luxembourgish: gär, gären
    - German: gern, gerne
    - Yiddish: גערן (gern)
Old Norse: gjarna, gjarnan, gerna, gerna
- Icelandic: gjarna, gjarnan
- Faroese: gjarna
- Norwegian Nynorsk: gjerne
- Norwegian Bokmål: gjerne
- Old Swedish: giærna, giarna, gærna, gerna, görna
  - Swedish: gärna
- Danish: gerne