Where does “gooseberry” come from?
Gooseberry comes from Middle English goose-bery, combining goose with bery (berry), from Old English byrġan, ultimately traced through Proto-Germanic gans and Proto-Indo-European roots bʰer-, bʰeh₂-, and bʰerǵʰ-.
gooseberry (English): A fruit, "Ribes uva-crispa", related to the...
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- A fruit, "Ribes uva-crispa", related to the...
Ancestry of “gooseberry”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Berry | — |
| 2 | Middle English | berye | berry, fruit; grape |
| 3 | Old English | berġe | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | baʀi | berry |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bazją | berry |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |
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