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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbârt—
2Middle High Germanbart—
3Old High Germanbartbeard
4Proto-West Germanicbardbeard
5Proto-Germanicbardazbeard
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰardʰéh₂beard
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰardʰéh₂ →