Where does “barn” come from?

barn (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse barn, from Proto-Germanic barną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- — shiny, light brown.

barn (Norwegian Bokmål): a child

Definitions

  1. a child

Ancestry of “barn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebarnchild
2Proto-Germanicbarnąchild
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēr-shiny, light brown

Words derived from “barn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- →Every word from Proto-Germanic barną →Every word from Old Norse barn →