Where does “ugniberry” come from?

ugniberry (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-.

ugniberry (English): An edible round berry of South America; The shrub...

Definitions

  1. An edible round berry of South America; The shrub...

Ancestry of “ugniberry”, step by step

ugniberry 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 Mapudungun uñi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mapudungunuñiugniberry
2Proto-Mixtec*onithree
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri- →