Where does “ba” come from?

ba (French) comes from English Ba, from Chinese 吧, from English Bar, from German bär, from Middle High German bër, from Old High German beri, from Proto-West Germanic baʀi, from Proto-Germanic bazją.

ba (French): ba

Definitions

  1. ba

Ancestry of “ba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBaAbbreviation of bass guitar
2Chinese
3EnglishBarA solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length
4Germanbär
5Middle High Germanbërbear
6Old High GermanberiA berry
7Proto-West Germanicbaʀiberry
8Proto-Germanicbazjąberry
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-to shine, glow light; to speak, say
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-s-ri-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri-