Where does “pære” come from?

pære (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse pera, from Old English pere, from Latin pirum — a pear.

pære (Norwegian Bokmål): a pear; any pear-shaped object, such as a bulb;...

Definitions

  1. a pear; any pear-shaped object, such as a bulb;...

Ancestry of “pære”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseperapear tree
2Old Englishperepear
3Latinpiruma pear

Words derived from “pære”

Every word from Latin pirum →Every word from Old English pere →Every word from Old Norse pera →