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yearn

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/ˈjɝnɪŋ/
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Overgenomen van Middelengels
yerning
Overgenomen van Oudengels
ġierning
Overgenomen van Middelengels
yernyng
Overgenomen van Oudengels
rynning
In summary

From Middle English yerning, from Old English ġierning, ġierninge. Equivalent to the gerund (yearn + -ing). yearn comes from Proto-West Germanic *girnijan, from Proto-Germanic *girnijaną, from *gernaz (“eager, willing”) + *-janą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to yearn for”). By surface analysis, yearn + -ing.

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