bairn
Meaning
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A child or baby.
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bern/
Etymology
In summary
Borrowed from Scots bairn, from Middle English bern, barn, from Old English bearn, from Proto-West Germanic *barn, from Proto-Germanic *barną. Doublet of barn. Compare West Frisian bern.
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