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
Ancestry of “βαρέλι”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | barella | stretcher; third-person singular present... |
| 2 | Ligurian | *bāra | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | bāru | stretcher, bier |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | bērō | that which bears or carries; stretcher, bier |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰēr- | shiny, light brown |