Where does “B@Cheek Circles” come from?

B@Cheek Circles (American Sign Language) comes from English Beer, from Dutch beer, from German bär, from Middle High German bër, from Old High German beri, from Proto-West Germanic baʀi, from Proto-Germanic bazją, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-.

B@Cheek Circles (American Sign Language): beer

Definitions

  1. beer

Ancestry of “B@Cheek Circles”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBeerAn alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley malt; often with hops or some other substance (like gruit) to impart a bitter flavor
2DutchbeerA bear, any member of the family Ursidae; A...
3Germanbär
4Middle High Germanbërbear
5Old High GermanberiA berry
6Proto-West Germanicbaʀiberry
7Proto-Germanicbazjąberry
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-to shine, glow light; to speak, say
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-s-ri-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-Every word from Proto-Germanic bazją