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Where does “-bâr” come from?

-bâr (German) comes from Middle High German -bære, from Old High German -bāri, from Proto-Germanic bēriz — bearable, fruitful, viable; pertaining to...

Ancestry of “-bâr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High German-bære—
2Old High German-bāri—
3Proto-Germanicbērizbearable, fruitful, viable; pertaining to...
Every word from Proto-Germanic bēriz →