Where does “beard” come from?

beard (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic bard, from Proto-Germanic bardaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰardʰéh₂ — beard.

beard (Old English): beard

Definitions

  1. beard

Ancestry of “beard”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicbardbeard
2Proto-Germanicbardazbeard
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰardʰéh₂beard

Words derived from “beard”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰardʰéh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic bardaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic bard →
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