Where does “birra” come from?

birra (Italian) comes from Dutch bier, from Middle Dutch bier, from Old Dutch bier, from Proto-West Germanic beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic beuzą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰews- — dross, sediment; dross, sediment, brewer's yeast.

birra (Italian): beer; beer, glass of beer

Definitions

  1. beer; beer, glass of beer

Ancestry of “birra”, step by step

birra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch bier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbierbeer; a serving of beer; a variety of beer
2Middle Dutchbierbeer
3Old Dutchbierbeer
4Proto-West Germanicbeuʀbeer
5Proto-Germanicbeuząbeer
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰews-dross, sediment; dross, sediment, brewer's yeast

via German bier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbiersingular imperative of bieren; first-person...
2Middle High Germanbier—
3Old High Germanbior—

Words derived from “birra”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰews- →