Where does “brændbar” come from?
brændbar (Danish) comes from Danish bar, 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, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-.
brændbar (Danish): burnable, flammable, combustible
Definitions
- burnable, flammable, combustible
Ancestry of “brændbar”, step by step
brændbar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish bar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | bar | bare, naked; sheer, pure; bar |
| 2 | English | Bar | A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length |
| 3 | German | bär | — |
| 4 | Middle High German | bër | bear |
| 5 | Old High German | beri | A berry |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | baʀi | berry |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | bazją | berry |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |
via Danish brænde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | brænde | wood, firewood; to burn; to distill |
| 2 | Old Norse | brenna | to burn with a flame; to be consumed by fire;... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | brannijaną | to cause to burn, to set on fire |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |