Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/barn

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *barną.

Noun

*barn n

1. child

   Synonym: *kind

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*barn
Genitive	*barnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*barn	*barnu
Accusative	*barn	*barnu
Genitive	*barnas	*barnō
Dative	*barnē	*barnum
Instrumental	*barnu	*barnum

Descendants

• Old English: bearn, bern
  • Middle English: barn, bern, bearn, bærn, barne, berne, baren
    • English: barn (obsolete, dialectal)
    • Geordie English: bairn
    • Scots: bairn
      • → English: bairn
    • Yola: barrn
• Old Frisian: barn, bern
  • North Frisian: bjarn
  • Saterland Frisian: Bäiden, Bidden
  • West Frisian: barn, bern
• Old Saxon: barn
• Old Dutch: *barn
  • Middle Dutch: baren
• Old High German: barn, parn
  • Middle High German: barn