Where does “foxberry” come from?

foxberry (English) comes from English Berry, from Middle English berye, from Old English berġe, from Proto-West Germanic baʀi, from Proto-Germanic bazją, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri-.

foxberry (English): The plant cowberry or lingonberry, "Vaccinium...

Definitions

  1. The plant cowberry or lingonberry, "Vaccinium...

Ancestry of “foxberry”, step by step

foxberry traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Berry

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBerryA place name
2Middle Englishberyeberry, fruit; grape
3Old Englishberġeberry
4Proto-West Germanicbaʀiberry
5Proto-Germanicbazjąberry
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-to shine, glow light; to speak, say
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-s-ri-—

via English Fox

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishFoxSomeone connected with Leicester City Football...
2Middle EnglishfoxA fox or its fur; A lier or schemer
3Old Englishfoxfox
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