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Where does “bars” come from?

bars (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic *bars, from Proto-Germanic barskaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰórs-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European bʰers- — top, tip, point.

Ancestry of “bars”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*bars—
2Proto-Germanicbarskaz—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰórs-o-s—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰers-top, tip, point

Words derived from “bars”

  • Buntbarsch
  • Buckelkopfbuntbarsch
  • Nilbarsch
  • Schmetterlingsbuntbarsch
  • Weißpunktbuntbarsch
  • Weißpunkt-Buntbarsch
  • Rotbarsch
  • Barsch
  • bersih
  • bars
  • bersich
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰers- →