Where does “berd” come from?

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

berd (Middle English): beard

Definitions

  1. beard

Ancestry of “berd”, step by step

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

Words derived from “berd”

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