Where does “barnyard” come from?

Barnyard comes from English barn, from Middle English barn, from Old Norse barn, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰer-.

barnyard (English): The yard associated with or surrounding a barn

Definitions

  1. The yard associated with or surrounding a barn

Ancestry of “barnyard”, step by step

barnyard traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English barn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbarnA building, often found on a farm, used for...
2Middle EnglishbarnA member of one's immediate offspring or progeny;...
3Old Englishbearnchild; first/third-person singular preterite of...
4Old Englishbereærnbarn, granary
5Old Englishberebarley; first-person singular present indicative...
6Old Englishtūnenclosure, yard; place; dwelling
7Proto-West Germanictūnfence
8Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
9Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
10Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
11Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via English Yard

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishYardScotland Yard or New Scotland Yard
2Englishmilliard10, a thousand million
3FrenchmilliardA milliard
4Frenchmillionmillion, 10
5Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
6Old Frenchmillon
7Italianmilionemillion
8Italianmillethousand
9LatinMīllethousand; 1000
10Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
11Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂

Words derived from “barnyard

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂-