Where does “fornybar” come from?
fornybar (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-.
fornybar (Norwegian Bokmål): renewable
Definitions
- renewable
Ancestry of “fornybar”, step by step
fornybar 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- | — |