Scots bairn

← Old English bearn (inherited)

← Danish - (cognate)

← Middle English barn (inherited)

← Middle English bern (mention)

← Faroese - (cognate)

← North Frisian baern (cognate)

← North Frisian born (mention)

← West Frisian bern (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *barną (inherited)

← Middle High German barn (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (root)

← Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (inherited)

← Icelandic barn (cognate)

← Norwegian - (cognate)

← Old Norse barn (borrowed)

← Albanian barrë (cognate)

← Swedish - (cognate)

→ English bairn (orthographic borrowing)

→ Scots grandbairn (prefix)

→ Scots nain (link)

→ Scots bairnie (suffix)

→ Scots bairnheid (suffix)

→ Saterland Frisian Bäiden (cognate)