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Where does “trönuber” come from?

trönuber (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic ber, from Old Norse ber, from Proto-Germanic bazją, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri-.

trönuber (Icelandic): cranberry

Definitions

  1. cranberry

Ancestry of “trönuber”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicberbare; bare, naked; uncovered
2Old Norseberberry; inflection of berr : ## strong feminine...
3Proto-Germanicbazjąberry
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-to shine, glow light; to speak, say
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-s-ri-—
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