Where does “barriererev” come from?
barriererev (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål barriere, from French barrière, from Old French barriere, from Old French barre, from Vulgar Latin barra, from Frankish bara, from Proto-Germanic barō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH- — to pierce; to strike; brown.
barriererev (Norwegian Bokmål): a barrier reef
Definitions
- a barrier reef
Ancestry of “barriererev”, step by step
barriererev traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål barriere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | barriere | a barrier |
| 2 | French | barrière | barrier; fence |
| 3 | Old French | barriere | — |
| 4 | Old French | barre | bar |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | barra | barrier |
| 6 | Frankish | bara | bar, beam, barrier, fence |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | barō | beam, bar, barrier |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰerH- | to pierce; to strike; brown |