French bayard

← Middle French bayard (inherited)

← Old French béart (inherited)

← Old French bayart (mention)

← Old French baiart (mention)

← Old French boieart (mention)

← Old French boyart (mention)

← Old French bayard (mention)

← Old French *berard (mention)

← Proto-West Germanic *-hard (mention)

→ English bayard (borrowed)