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Where does “βαρέλι” come from?

βαρέλι (Greek) comes from Italian barella, from Ligurian *bāra, from Proto-West Germanic bāru, from Proto-Germanic bērō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- — shiny, light brown.

βαρέλι (Greek): barrel for storage

Definitions

  1. barrel for storage

Ancestry of “βαρέλι”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbarellastretcher; third-person singular present...
2Ligurian*bāra—
3Proto-West Germanicbārustretcher, bier
4Proto-Germanicbērōthat which bears or carries; stretcher, bier
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēr-shiny, light brown
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- →