Where does “بر” come from?

بر (Arabic) comes from Ancient Greek πυρός, from Proto-Indo-European puHrós, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

بر (Arabic): land, dry land; outside, field; verbal noun of...

Definitions

  1. land, dry land; outside, field; verbal noun of...

Ancestry of “بر”, step by step

بر traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek πυρός

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπυρόςwheat; a grain of wheat; genitive singular of πῦρ
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHróswheat
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

via Proto-Semitic barr-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semiticbarr-empty place; field; land; region
2Proto-Afroasiaticbur-—

Words derived from “بر”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHrós →Every word from Ancient Greek πυρός →