Where does “pære” come from?

pære (Greenlandic) comes from Danish pære, from Old Norse pera, from Old English pere, from Latin pirum — a pear.

pære (Greenlandic): pear

Definitions

  1. pear

Ancestry of “pære”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishpærepear; light bulb; intellect
2Old Norseperapear tree
3Old Englishperepear
4Latinpiruma pear
Every word from Latin pirum →Every word from Old English pere →Every word from Old Norse pera →