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Where does “bevar” come from?

bevar (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic bebru, from Proto-Germanic bebruz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰébʰrus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrew-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰer- — to bear, carry.

bevar (Old Dutch): beaver

Definitions

  1. beaver

Ancestry of “bevar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicbebrubeaver
2Proto-Germanicbebruzbeaver
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰébʰrusbeaver
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrew-to brew, boil; to boil, seethe; to brew, to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰer-to bear, carry

Words derived from “bevar”

  • beverrat
  • bevergeil
  • bever
  • beverskul
  • beverburcht
  • bēver
  • bever
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