Where does “baristė” come from?

baristė (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian baristas, from Italian barista, from English barrister, from English Bar, from German bär, from Middle High German bër, from Old High German beri, from Proto-West Germanic baʀi.

baristė (Lithuanian): female barista

Definitions

  1. female barista

Ancestry of “baristė”, step by step

baristė traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lithuanian baristas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuanianbaristasbarista
2Italianbaristabarman male, barmaid female, bartender North American, barista
3EnglishbarristerA lawyer with the right to speak and argue as an...
4EnglishBarA solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length
5Germanbär
6Middle High Germanbërbear
7Old High GermanberiA berry
8Proto-West Germanicbaʀiberry
9Proto-Germanicbazjąberry
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-to shine, glow light; to speak, say
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-s-ri-

via Lithuanian ė

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuanianė
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri-