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bairn

Meaningchild

Common meaning: a child, especially in Scotland and northern England

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√BHAR‘bear, carry’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 231, p. 738 · scan
  2. Old Englishbearn‘child’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishbarn‘child’source
  4. Englishbairn‘a child, especially in Scotland and northern England’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Old English bearn ‘child’.

Roots

  • bearn Old English “child”

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