Where does “bára” come from?

bára (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic bazaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰosós, from Proto-Indo-European bʰos- — to sally forth, barge, hurtle out; bare, barefoot.

bára (Old Norse): wave, billow

Definitions

  1. wave, billow

Ancestry of “bára”, step by step

bára traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic bazaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbazazbare, naked
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰosósbare, barefoot
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰos-to sally forth, barge, hurtle out; bare, barefoot

via Proto-Germanic bērō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbērōthat which bears or carries; stretcher, bier
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēr-shiny, light brown

Words derived from “bára”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰos- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰosós →Every word from Proto-Germanic bazaz →