Where does “bartre” come from?
bartre (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-.
bartre (Norwegian Bokmål): a conifer
Definitions
- a conifer
Ancestry of “bartre”, step by step
bartre traces back through two 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 Norwegian Bokmål tre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | tre | three; tree; wood |
| 2 | Old Norse | tré | tree; the mast of a ship; ree, rafter, beam |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | trewą | tree |
| 4 | English | doru | Alternative form of dory |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | δόρυ | wood, tree, stem; spear shaft, spear, lance,... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | dóru | tree |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dóru | tree |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | drew- | hard, firm, strong, solid; hard, fast; tree |