Where does “barnakille” come from?

barnakille (Middle English) comes from Middle English bernake, from Old Northern French bernaque — barnacle.

Ancestry of “barnakille”, step by step

barnakille traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English bernake

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbernake—
2Old Northern Frenchbernaquebarnacle

via Middle English bernekke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbernekke—

Words derived from “barnakille”

Every word from Old Northern French bernaque →Every word from Middle English bernake →