Where does “Ziegenbart” come from?

Ziegenbart (German) comes from German bârt, from Middle High German bart, from Old High German bart, from Proto-West Germanic bard, from Proto-Germanic bardaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰardʰéh₂ — beard.

Ziegenbart (German): a goatee, especially when relatively thin and...

Definitions

  1. a goatee, especially when relatively thin and...

Ancestry of “Ziegenbart”, step by step

Ziegenbart traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German bârt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbârtbeard
2Middle High Germanbart—
3Old High Germanbartbeard
4Proto-West Germanicbardbeard
5Proto-Germanicbardazbeard
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰardʰéh₂beard

via German ziege

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanziegegoat
2Middle High Germanzige—
3Old High Germanziga—
4Proto-West Germanictigāshe-goat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰardʰéh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic bardaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic bard →
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