Where does “pære” come from?

pære (Danish) comes from Old Norse pera, from Old English pere, from Latin pirum — a pear.

pære (Danish): pear; light bulb; intellect

Definitions

  1. pear; light bulb; intellect

Ancestry of “pære”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseperapear tree
2Old Englishperepear
3Latinpiruma pear

Words derived from “pære”

Every word from Latin pirum →Every word from Old English pere →Every word from Old Norse pera →