Where does “beer-lore” come from?

beer-lore (English) 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-.

beer-lore (English): The knowledge, study, history, or science of beer...

Definitions

  1. The knowledge, study, history, or science of beer...

Ancestry of “beer-lore”, step by step

beer-lore traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Beer

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-

via English lore

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishloreAll the facts and traditions about a particular...
2Middle Englishloreeducation, tutoring, mentoring; learning; the...
3Old Englishlārteaching; doctrine; lore, learning, science, art...
4Proto-West Germaniclaiʀu
5Proto-Germaniclaizōteaching; lore; doctrine
6Proto-Germaniclaizijanąto teach
7Proto-Indo-Europeanloyséyeti
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleysto trace; to track
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri-