Where does “wangbeard” come from?

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

wangbeard (Old English): a whisker

Definitions

  1. a whisker

Ancestry of “wangbeard”, step by step

wangbeard traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English beard

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbeardbeard
2Proto-West Germanicbardbeard
3Proto-Germanicbardazbeard
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰardʰéh₂beard

via Old English wang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwangplain, field, ground
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰardʰéh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic bardaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic bard →