Where does “bērns” come from?
bērns (Latvian) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European kert- — to travel, tour.
bērns (Latvian): child; animal offspring; person, with respect to...
Definitions
- child; animal offspring; person, with respect to...
Ancestry of “bērns”, step by step
bērns traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Bern
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bern | — |
| 2 | German | Bernd | an anon |
| 3 | German | Bernhard | Bernard |
| 4 | Old High German | Bernhart | — |
| 5 | Old High German | hart | hard |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | hard(ī) | hard |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | harduz | hard; brave |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 9 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | to travel, tour |
via Irish Ó Broin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | Ó Broin | — |
| 2 | Irish | bran | raven; bream; Clipping of bran |
| 3 | English | bran | The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or... |
| 4 | Middle English | bran | The ground husk of wheat |
| 5 | Old French | bren | bran |
| 6 | Gaulish | brennos | rotten |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | bragnos | rotten |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreHg- | to smell, to have a strong odour |
via English Bernards
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Bernards | — |