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Where does “bard” come from?

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

bard (Proto-West Germanic): beard

Definitions

  1. beard

Ancestry of “bard”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbardazbeard
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰardʰéh₂beard

Words derived from “bard”

  • beard
  • bearded
  • treebeard
  • Blackbeard
  • Bluebeard
  • graybeard
  • Redbeard
  • unbearded
  • beardy
  • beardtongue
  • beardedness
  • beardie
  • hawksbeard
  • beardlike
  • debeard
  • whitebeard
  • forkbeard
  • longbeard
  • beardling
  • beardly
  • beardism
  • beardish
  • beardfish
  • neckbeard
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