Where does “beár” come from?
beár (Irish) comes from English bar, from French barre, from Middle French barre, 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.
beár (Irish): bar
Ancestry of “beár”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | bar | A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or... |
| 2 | French | barre | bar, cake, ingot; Clipping of barre oblique: the... |
| 3 | Middle French | barre | bar |
| 4 | Old French | barre | bar |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | barra | barrier |
| 6 | Frankish | bara | bar, beam, barrier, fence |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | barō | beam, bar, barrier |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰerH- | to pierce; to strike; brown |