Where does “bard” come from?

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

Ancestry of “bard”, step by step

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

Words derived from “bard”

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