Where does “bărdoi” come from?

bărdoi (Romanian) comes from Romanian bardă, from Hungarian bárd, from German barte, from Middle High German barte, from Proto-Germanic bardaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰardʰéh₂ — beard.

Ancestry of “bărdoi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianbardăhatchet, tomahawk
2Hungarianbárdhatchet, axe; bard
3Germanbartebaleen plates in the mouth of the baleen whale
4Middle High Germanbartehatchet
5Proto-Germanicbardazbeard
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰardʰéh₂beard
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰardʰéh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic bardaz →Every word from Middle High German barte →