Where does “bere” come from?

bere (Old English) comes from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum, from Proto-Celtic dūnom, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

bere (Old English): barley; first-person singular present indicative...

Definitions

  1. barley; first-person singular present indicative...

Ancestry of “bere”, step by step

bere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English tūn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtūnenclosure, yard; place; dwelling
2Proto-West Germanictūnfence
3Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
4Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
5Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via Proto-Germanic baraz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbarazbarley
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰers-top, tip, point

Words derived from “bere”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Celtic dūnom →Every word from Gaulish dunum →