Where does “fruktbar” come from?
fruktbar (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk 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-.
fruktbar (Norwegian Nynorsk): fertile; fruitful
Ancestry of “fruktbar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | bar | a bar; bar; the needles of the conifers, twigs... |
| 2 | English | Bar | — |
| 3 | German | bär | — |
| 4 | Middle High German | bër | — |
| 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- | — |