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Where does “bærs” come from?

bærs (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic bars, from Proto-Germanic barsaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰórsos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰers- — top, tip, point.

bærs (Old English): a fish, perch

Definitions

  1. a fish, perch

Ancestry of “bærs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicbarsperch
2Proto-Germanicbarsazperch
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰórsosprickle, thorn, scale; pointy, prickly
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰers-top, tip, point

Words derived from “bærs”

  • base
  • basic
  • database
  • bases
  • baseball
  • basically
  • baseline
  • basement
  • Base
  • basal
  • baseness
  • BASIC
  • baseless
  • baseman
  • basely
  • debasement
  • baseband
  • debase
  • baseboard
  • basicity
  • dibasic
  • baseplate
  • geodatabase
  • nonbasic
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