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Where does “bærfōt” come from?

bærfōt (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *baʀafōt, from Proto-Germanic bazafōts — barefoot.

bærfōt (Old English): barefoot

Definitions

  1. barefoot

Ancestry of “bærfōt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*baʀafōt—
2Proto-Germanicbazafōtsbarefoot

Words derived from “bærfōt”

  • barefoot
  • barefooting
  • barefooter
  • barfot
  • barefote
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