Where does “rowanberry” come from?

rowanberry (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-.

rowanberry (English): The small spherical fruits of the rowan or...

Definitions

  1. The small spherical fruits of the rowan or...

Ancestry of “rowanberry”, step by step

rowanberry 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 Rowan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishRowanof modern usage, often associated with the rowan tree
2Middle Englishronplural of ro
3Old Norsereynirrowan tree; second-person singular present...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bazją →
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