Where does “Berner” come from?
Berner (German) comes from German Bern, from German Bernd, from German Bernhard, from Old High German Bernhart, from Old High German hart, from Proto-West Germanic hard(ī), from Proto-Germanic harduz, from Proto-Indo-European kert-.
Berner (German): Bernese
Ancestry of “Berner”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Bern | — |
| 2 | German | Bernd | — |
| 3 | German | Bernhard | Bernard |
| 4 | Old High German | Bernhart | — |
| 5 | Old High German | hart | hard |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | hard(ī) | hard |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | harduz | hard; brave |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 9 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | — |