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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Geburt

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, G (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Geburt
Friedrich Kluge2511211An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, G — Geburt1891John Francis Davis

Geburt, f., from the equiv. MidHG. geburt, OHG. giburt, f., ‘birth.’ Comp. Goth. gabaurpþs, f., ‘birth,’ also ‘lineage, native town,’ OSax. giburd, f., AS. gebyrd, f., ‘birth, rank, dignity,’ E. birth, OIc. burþr, m., ‘birth, embryo’; in form it points to Aryan and Sans. bhṛtí-s, and both in form and meaning it corresponds to OIr. brith, ‘birth’; Sans. bhṛtí-s, f., ‘bearing, nursing, maintenance’ With the simple Teut. beran, ‘to give birth to,’ is connected an OTeut. neut. subst. barna-, ‘child’ (lit. ‘that which is born’), formed from the old no-partic. Comp. OIc. barn, AS. bearn, OSax., OHG., and MHG. barn, ‘child, son.’