Where does “bærbar” come from?
bærbar (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål bar, 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, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-.
bærbar (Norwegian Bokmål): portable
Definitions
- portable
Ancestry of “bærbar”, step by step
bærbar traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål bar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | bar | bare, naked; a bar; the needles of the conifers,... |
| 2 | English | Bar | A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length |
| 3 | German | bär | — |
| 4 | Middle High German | bër | bear |
| 5 | Old High German | beri | A berry |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | baʀi | berry |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | bazją | berry |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |
via Danish bære
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | bære | to carry; to bear |
| 2 | Old Danish | bæræ | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | bera | to carry, to bear; to make bare; female bear |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | beraną | to carry, to bear |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéreti | to be carrying |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰēr- | shiny, light brown |
via Norwegian Bokmål bære
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | bære | to bear; endure; to wear; to support; bear; carry |