Where does “biørn” come from?

biørn (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse Bjǫrn, from Proto-Germanic bernuz — bear.

Ancestry of “biørn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old NorseBjǫrnbear (animal)
2Proto-Germanicbernuzbear

Words derived from “biørn”

Every word from Proto-Germanic bernuz →Every word from Old Norse Bjǫrn →
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