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Where does “ber” come from?

ber (Northern Kurdish) comes from Proto-Iranian *upári, from Proto-Indo-Aryan upári, from Proto-Indo-Iranian upári, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

ber (Northern Kurdish): stone

Definitions

  1. stone

Ancestry of “ber”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranian*upári—
2Proto-Indo-Aryanupári—
3Proto-Indo-Iranianupáriabove, over
4Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
5Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

Words derived from “ber”

  • bername
  • li ber
  • berdan
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