Where does “bærd” come from?

bærd (Middle English) comes from Old English beard, from Proto-West Germanic bard, from Proto-Germanic bardaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰardʰéh₂ — beard.

Ancestry of “bærd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbeardbeard
2Proto-West Germanicbardbeard
3Proto-Germanicbardazbeard
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰardʰéh₂beard

Words derived from “bærd”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰardʰéh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic bardaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic bard →
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