köken: Unknown origin; possibly of Gaulish origin (compare Catalan bri, Spanish brenca (“fiber”), brinza (“blade of grass, filament”)), from Proto-Celtic *brinikā, from *brinos (“filament, fiber”) (compare Breton broenenn, Welsh brwynen), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrugh-no- (“twig”), perhaps related to the root of English brush.
köken: Inherited from Old East Slavic вьрвь (vĭrvĭ) + -ка (-ka), from Proto-Slavic *vьrvь (deverbal of *verti), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to tie, string; rope”) which is ultimately cognate with *wer- (“to turn, bend”) whence the two meanings of the verb. Compare Belarusian вяроўка (vjarówka), Ukrainian верве́чка (vervéčka), Old Church Slavonic връвь (vrŭvĭ). Non-Slavic cognates include Lithuanian…
köken: From Byzantine Greek κλωστή (klōstḗ), from the feminine of the Ancient Greek adjective κλωστός (klōstós), from the verb κλώθω (klṓthō). Verbal adjective of κλώθω (klṓthō, “to spin”).
yarn; a twisted strand of fiber used for e.g. knitting
çekim: çoğul garner · tamlayan garns
köken: From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, *ǵʰer- (“gut, intestine”). (fishnet): Compare Danish and Norwegian garn (“yarn, fishnet”).
fibre/fiber (single elongated piece of stringy material) · ellipsis of valokuitu (“optical fibre”) · thread (that consists of one filament or fibre; compare lanka)