bairn

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 179 words | Copyright

bairn child. XVI. Sc. form of ME. barn (as airm of arm). OE. bearn = OS., OHG., ON., Goth. barn :- Gmc. *barnam, f. *bar-, var. of *ber-; see BEAR2. In ME. reinforced by ON. barn.

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