Where does “Bier” come from?
Bier (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German bira, from Vulgar Latin pira, from Latin pirum — a pear.
Bier (Luxembourgish): bear; berry
Ancestry of “Bier”, step by step
Bier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old High German bira
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | bira | pear |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | pira | — |
| 3 | Latin | pirum | a pear |
via Proto-West Germanic berō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | berō | bear |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | berô | bear |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰerH- | to pierce; to strike; brown |
Words derived from “Bier”