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Where does “pia” come from?

pia (English) comes from Hawaiian pia, 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.

pia (English): The pia mater, the innermost of the meninges that...

Definitions

  1. The pia mater, the innermost of the meninges that...

Ancestry of “pia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HawaiianpiaPolynesian arrowroot; starch; beer
2EnglishBeer—
3DutchbeerA bear, any member of the family Ursidae; A...
4Germanbär—
5Middle High Germanbër—
6Old High GermanberiA berry
7Proto-West Germanicbaʀiberry
8Proto-Germanicbazjąberry
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-to shine, glow light; to speak, say
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-s-ri-—

Words derived from “pia”

  • pial
  • subpial
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