From Middle English *bernis, *barnisch, from Old English *bearnisc and Old Norse bernskr ("childish"), from Proto-Germanic *barniskaz ("childish"), equivalent to bairn + -ish. Cognate with Gothic π±π°ππ½πΉππΊπ ("childish").
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