West Frisian bern

← Proto-West Germanic *barn (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (root)

← Old Frisian bern (inherited)

← Old Frisian barn (mention)

→ English bairn (cognate)

→ North Frisian bjarn (cognate)

→ West Frisian berneftich (suffix)

→ West Frisian bernsbern (compound)

→ West Frisian bernsbern (compound)

→ Scots bairn (cognate)

→ Saterland Frisian Bäiden (cognate)