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Swedish word barn comes from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewe-, and later Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti (To be carrying.)

*bʰrewe- (Proto-Indo-European)

*bʰrē- (Proto-Indo-European)

to carry, to bear, to carry, transport, to carry, bear

*bʰéreti (Proto-Indo-European)

To be carrying.

*bēriz (Proto-Germanic)

Bearable, fruitful, viable. Pertaining to bearing, carrying.

*barną (Proto-Germanic)

Child.

barn (Old Norse)

Child.

barn (Old Swedish)

Child.

barn (Swedish)

(someone's) child, offspring (a son or daughter). (someone's) creation, invention. (uncountable) barn; a unit of area in nuclear physics. A child (a young person). A descendant (e.g. children of Abraham). A follower (e.g. God's children).

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