Where does “бакенбарда” come from?
бакенбарда (Russian) comes from German Backenbart, from German bârt, from Middle High German bart, from Old High German bart, from Proto-West Germanic bard, from Proto-Germanic bardaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰardʰéh₂ — beard.
Ancestry of “бакенбарда”, step by step