Where does “Polarbier” come from?

Polarbier (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish Bier, from Old High German bira, from Vulgar Latin pira, from Latin pirum — a pear.

Polarbier (Luxembourgish): polar bear

Definitions

  1. polar bear

Ancestry of “Polarbier”, step by step

Polarbier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Luxembourgish Bier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishBierbear; berry
2Old High Germanbirapear
3Vulgar Latinpira—
4Latinpiruma pear

via Luxembourgish polar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Luxembourgishpolarpolar
Every word from Latin pirum →Every word from Vulgar Latin pira →Every word from Old High German bira →