Where does “barn” come from?

barn (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish barn, from Old Norse barn, from Proto-Germanic barną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- — shiny, light brown.

barn (Swedish): a child; child, offspring; a descendant

Definitions

  1. a child; child, offspring; a descendant

Ancestry of “barn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishbarnchild
2Old Norsebarnchild
3Proto-Germanicbarnąchild
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēr-shiny, light brown

Words derived from “barn

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr-