Where does “bars” come from?

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

Ancestry of “bars”, 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 “bars”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰers- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰórsos →Every word from Proto-Germanic barsaz →