Where does “barnapía” come from?

barnapía (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic barn, from Old Norse barn, from Proto-Germanic barną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- — shiny, light brown.

barnapía (Icelandic): babysitter

Definitions

  1. babysitter

Ancestry of “barnapía”, step by step

barnapía traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic barn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicbarnchild
2Old Norsebarnchild
3Proto-Germanicbarnąchild
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēr-shiny, light brown

via Icelandic pía

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicpíamaidservant; babe, chick
2Danishpigegirl; girl, woman; girl, girlfriend
3Old Norsepíkaa girl, a lass, a virgin; a young girl, a working...
4Finnishpiikamaid; girl; a girlchild
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr-Every word from Proto-Germanic barnąEvery word from Old Norse barn
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