Where does “squawberry” come from?

squawberry (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-.

squawberry (English): The bearberry; The partridgeberry

Definitions

  1. The bearberry; The partridgeberry

Ancestry of “squawberry”, step by step

squawberry 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 squaw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsquawA woman, wife; especially a Native American woman
2Massachusettsquàwwoman
3Proto-Algonquian*eθkwe·wa—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bazją →