Where does “barr” come from?

barr (Irish) comes from Old French barre, from Vulgar Latin barra, from Frankish bara, from Proto-Germanic barō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH- — to pierce; to strike; brown.

barr (Irish): tip, head, point; top; summit; upper part

Definitions

  1. tip, head, point; top; summit; upper part

Ancestry of “barr”, step by step

barr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French barre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbarrebar
2Vulgar Latinbarrabarrier
3Frankishbarabar, beam, barrier, fence
4Proto-Germanicbarōbeam, bar, barrier
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerH-to pierce; to strike; brown

via Old Irish barr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishbarrtip, point; helmet; point; top, tip, end; crop,...
2Proto-Celticbarrostop, summit
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰers-top, tip, point

Words derived from “barr”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic barō →Every word from Frankish bara →
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