Where does “pineberry” come from?
pineberry (English) comes from English strawberry, from Middle English strawbery, from Old English strēawberġe, from Old English strēaw, from Proto-West Germanic strau, from Proto-Germanic strawą, from Proto-Indo-European strew-, from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃- — sterile, infertile.
pineberry (English): A white variety of strawberry with a pineapple...
Definitions
- A white variety of strawberry with a pineapple...
Ancestry of “pineberry”, step by step
pineberry traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English strawberry
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | strawberry | The sweet, usually red, edible fruit of certain... |
| 2 | Middle English | strawbery | A strawberry |
| 3 | Old English | strēawberġe | strawberry |
| 4 | Old English | strēaw | straw |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | strau | straw |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | strawą | straw |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | strew- | to spread, to strew |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |
via English pineapple
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pineapple | A tropical plant, "Ananas comosus", native to... |
| 2 | Middle English | pinappel | pinecone |
| 3 | Latin | pinnāculum | a peak, pinnacle |
| 4 | Latin | Pinna | A city of the Vestini situated on the eastern slope of the Apennines, now the town of Penne |
| 5 | Latin | penna | wing; feather, especially a flight-feather;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | petnā | feather; wing |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | péth₂r̥ | wing; feather |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | peth₂- | to spread out; to fly |