Words that come from Proto-Germanic “bērō”

256 words across 48 languages descend from Proto-Germanic bērō — including born, bear, bearing, borne, beer, newborn, forbearance, unborn.

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English (168)

Dutch (20)

Middle English (4)

Middle Dutch (3)

Swedish (3)

Irish (3)

Vietnamese (3)

Old English (3)

Old Dutch (2)

Volapük (2)

Chinese (2)

Esperanto (2)

Faroese (2)

Icelandic (2)

Telugu (2)

Burmese (2)

Proto-West Germanic (2)

Old High German (1)

Indonesian (1)

Javanese (1)

French (1)

Japanese (1)

Abenaki (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Middle French (1)

Lao (1)

Alabama (1)

Hausa (1)

Cebuano (1)

Maori (1)

American Sign Language (1)

Hindi (1)

Old Norse (1)

Min Nan (1)

Old French (1)

Bengali (1)

Thai (1)

Limburgish (1)

Khmer (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

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Portuguese (1)

Swahili (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Yagaria (1)

Norman (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Malay (1)