Where does “barrlennell” come from?
barrlennell (Cornish) comes from Cornish barrlen, from Cornish barr, from English Bar, from German bär, from Middle High German bër, from Old High German beri, from Proto-West Germanic baʀi, from Proto-Germanic bazją.
barrlennell (Cornish): laptop
Definitions
- laptop
Ancestry of “barrlennell”, step by step
barrlennell traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Cornish barrlen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornish | barrlen | lap |
| 2 | Cornish | barr | summit |
| 3 | English | Bar | A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length |
| 4 | German | bär | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | bër | bear |
| 6 | Old High German | beri | A berry |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | baʀi | berry |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | bazją | berry |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |
via Cornish ell
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornish | ell | — |