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Where does “bārabērns” come from?

bārabērns (Latvian) comes from Latvian bērns, 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.

bārabērns (Latvian): orphan; alternative form of bāra bērns

Definitions

  1. orphan; alternative form of bāra bērns

Ancestry of “bārabērns”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianbērnschild; animal offspring; person, with respect to...
2GermanBern—
3GermanBernd—
4GermanBernhardBernard
5Old High GermanBernhart—
6Old High Germanharthard
7Proto-West Germanichard(ī)hard
8Proto-Germanicharduzhard; brave
9Proto-Indo-Europeankert-times; to weave, twist together; time
10Proto-Turkic*keŕ-—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- →