köken: Etymology tree Old High German backo Middle High German backe German Backe German -n- Proto-Indo-European *bʰers-? Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂der. Proto-Germanic *bardaz Proto-West Germanic *bard Old High German bart Middle High German bart German Bart German Backenbart From Backe (“cheek”) + -n- + Bart (“beard”).
sideburns; facial hair extending along the jawline from the ears to the chin.
köken: First attested in the Yeogeo yuhae (譯語類解 / 역어유해), 1690, as Early Modern Korean 구레나롯 (Yale: kwuleynalwos), from 구레 (gure, variant of 굴레 (gulle, “(horse's) bridle”)) + 나룻 (narut, “whiskers”). Literally, “bridle whiskers”.