Where does “bairntime” come from?
bairntime (Scots) comes from Middle English barntem, from Old English bearntēam, from Old English bearn, from Old English bereærn, from Old English bere, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną — smoke; mist, haze.
bairntime (Scots): offspring; descendants
Definitions
- offspring; descendants
Ancestry of “bairntime”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | barntem | One's children; one's direct offspring |
| 2 | Old English | bearntēam | a succession of children; issue, posterity |
| 3 | Old English | bearn | child; first/third-person singular preterite of... |
| 4 | Old English | bereærn | barn, granary |
| 5 | Old English | bere | barley; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 6 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 9 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 10 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |