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Old English beran (mention)
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Old English bere (affix)
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Old English ærn (affix)
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Old English bern (alter)
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Proto-West Germanic *barn (inherited)
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Old High German barn (cognate)
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (root)
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Old Norse barn (cognate)
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Old Saxon barn (cognate)
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English barn (inherited)
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English bairn (derived)
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Middle English barn (inherited)
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Middle English bern (inherited)
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Middle English bærn (inherited)
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Old Saxon barn (mention)
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Scots bairn (inherited)