Words that come from Proto-Germanic berô

348 words across 61 languages descend from Proto-Germanic berô — including born, bear, bearing, borne, beer, Bernard, newborn, forbearance.

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English (181)

German (17)

Dutch (13)

Danish (9)

Swedish (9)

Icelandic (9)

Norwegian (9)

Old Norse (9)

Faroese (6)

Norwegian Bokmål (6)

Norwegian Nynorsk (5)

Luxembourgish (4)

West Flemish (4)

Irish (3)

Proto-Germanic (3)

Middle Dutch (2)

Volapük (2)

Chinese (2)

Westrobothnian (2)

Telugu (2)

Old Frisian (2)

Cebuano (2)

Limburgish (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Middle English (2)

Malay (2)

Old Danish (2)

Old Swedish (2)

Old French (2)

Middle Low German (2)

West Frisian (1)

Old High German (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Yiddish (1)

Latin (1)

Italian (1)

Alabama (1)

Hausa (1)

Burmese (1)

Hunsrik (1)

Cimbrian (1)

Maori (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

American Sign Language (1)

Hindi (1)

Bengali (1)

Thai (1)

Plautdietsch (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Old English (1)

Portuguese (1)

Swahili (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Yagaria (1)

Polish (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Middle High German (1)

Medieval Latin (1)

Frankish (1)

Old Saxon (1)