Where does “baraase” come from?
baraase (Moore) comes from French barrage, from French barrer, from English Bar, from German bär, from Middle High German bër, from Old High German beri, from Proto-West Germanic baʀi, from Proto-Germanic bazją.
baraase (Moore): dam built to keep water in one place
Definitions
- dam built to keep water in one place
Ancestry of “baraase”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | barrage | dam, barrage; barrier, roadblock |
| 2 | French | barrer | to bar, bar up; to bar off; to cross out, strike... |
| 3 | English | Bar | A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length |
| 4 | German | bär | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | bër | bear |
| 6 | Old High German | beri | A berry |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | baʀi | berry |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | bazją | berry |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |