Where does “bara” come from?

bara (Middle Irish) comes from Old Norse barar, from Proto-Germanic barwijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- — shiny, light brown.

bara (Middle Irish): barrow

Definitions

  1. barrow

Ancestry of “bara”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebararhandbarrow, stretcher; funeral bier carried by...
2Proto-Germanicbarwijǭbier; stretcher; barrow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēr-shiny, light brown

Words derived from “bara”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- →Every word from Proto-Germanic barwijǭ →Every word from Old Norse barar →