Where does “bjørnebær” come from?
bjørnebær (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk bær, from Old Norse ber, from Proto-Germanic bazją, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri-.
bjørnebær (Norwegian Nynorsk): blackberry
Ancestry of “bjørnebær”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | bær | a berry |
| 2 | Old Norse | ber | berry; inflection of berr :
## strong feminine... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | bazją | berry |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |