bērns

Etymology
From an earlier, with lengthening ([èɾ] > [æ̀ːɾ]), from , from with an extra -no-s. The meaning evolved from “carry, bear” > “carried thing, burden” > “baby (being carried by pregnant woman)” > “child.” Cognates include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (< ), 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬). In the sense of “burden,” also 🇨🇬 < (dialectal 🇨🇬), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬; in the sense of “pregnant,” 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, from ; and in the sense of “to be born, birth,” 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,.

Noun

 * 1) child boy or girl up to approximately 14 or 13 years of age
 * 2) child son or daughter, regardless of age, in relation to their parents; descendants
 * 3)  animal offspring
 * 4)  person, with respect to land, people, nation, political movement, etc. to which he or she belongs
 * 1) child son or daughter, regardless of age, in relation to their parents; descendants
 * 2)  animal offspring
 * 3)  person, with respect to land, people, nation, political movement, etc. to which he or she belongs
 * 1) child son or daughter, regardless of age, in relation to their parents; descendants
 * 2)  animal offspring
 * 3)  person, with respect to land, people, nation, political movement, etc. to which he or she belongs
 * 1) child son or daughter, regardless of age, in relation to their parents; descendants
 * 2)  animal offspring
 * 3)  person, with respect to land, people, nation, political movement, etc. to which he or she belongs
 * 1) child son or daughter, regardless of age, in relation to their parents; descendants
 * 2)  animal offspring
 * 3)  person, with respect to land, people, nation, political movement, etc. to which he or she belongs
 * 1) child son or daughter, regardless of age, in relation to their parents; descendants
 * 2)  animal offspring
 * 3)  person, with respect to land, people, nation, political movement, etc. to which he or she belongs
 * 1) child son or daughter, regardless of age, in relation to their parents; descendants
 * 2)  animal offspring
 * 3)  person, with respect to land, people, nation, political movement, etc. to which he or she belongs
 * 1)  animal offspring
 * 2)  person, with respect to land, people, nation, political movement, etc. to which he or she belongs
 * 1)  animal offspring
 * 2)  person, with respect to land, people, nation, political movement, etc. to which he or she belongs
 * 1)  person, with respect to land, people, nation, political movement, etc. to which he or she belongs
 * 1)  person, with respect to land, people, nation, political movement, etc. to which he or she belongs