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
Ancestry of “barnapía”, step by step
barnapía traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic barn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | barn | child |
| 2 | Old Norse | barn | child |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | barną | child |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰēr- | shiny, light brown |
via Icelandic pía
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | pía | maidservant; babe, chick |
| 2 | Danish | pige | girl; girl, woman; girl, girlfriend |
| 3 | Old Norse | píka | a girl, a lass, a virgin; a young girl, a working... |
| 4 | Finnish | piika | maid; girl; a girlchild |