Where does “gullbarre” come from?
gullbarre (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål barre, from German Barre, from French barré, from Middle French barre, from Old French barre, from Vulgar Latin barra, from Frankish bara, from Proto-Germanic barō — to pierce; to strike; brown.
gullbarre (Norwegian Bokmål): a gold bar or ingot
Definitions
- a gold bar or ingot
Ancestry of “gullbarre”, step by step
gullbarre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål barre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | barre | a bar or ingot; a barre |
| 2 | German | Barre | — |
| 3 | French | barré | past participle of barrer; barred; bendy... |
| 4 | Middle French | barre | bar |
| 5 | Old French | barre | bar |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | barra | barrier |
| 7 | Frankish | bara | bar, beam, barrier, fence |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | barō | beam, bar, barrier |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰerH- | to pierce; to strike; brown |