Etymology Explorer › Faroese

Where does “Bjørn” come from?

Bjørn (Faroese) comes from Old Norse Bjǫrn, from Proto-Germanic bernuz.

Ancestry of “Bjørn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old NorseBjǫrn—
2Proto-Germanicbernuz—
Every word from Proto-Germanic bernuz →