The story
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*barną
- Proto-West Germanic · derived from*barn
- Old English · derived frombearn
- Middle English · derived frombern
- Scots · borrowed frombairn
- English todaybairn
Borrowed from Scots bairn, from Middle English bern, barn, from Old English bearn, from Proto-West Germanic *barn, from Proto-Germanic *barną. Doublet of barn. Compare West Frisian bern.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishbearn all →
barnBarnhillburnishBarnfield
Proto-West Germanic*barn all →
burnish
Proto-Germanic*barną all →
burnish
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.