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Where does “bern” come from?

bern (Middle Irish) comes from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH- — to pierce; to strike; brown.

Ancestry of “bern”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerH-to pierce; to strike; brown
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