Where does “bjørn” come from?
bjørn (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse Bjǫrn, from Proto-Germanic bernuz.
bjørn (Norwegian Bokmål): a bear
Ancestry of “bjørn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | Bjǫrn | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | bernuz | — |
Words derived from “bjørn”