Where does “-baar” come from?

-baar (Pennsylvania German) comes from Middle High German -bære, from Old High German -bāri, from Proto-Germanic bēriz — bearable, fruitful, viable; pertaining to...

-baar (Pennsylvania German): -able

Definitions

  1. -able

Ancestry of “-baar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High German-bære—
2Old High German-bāri—
3Proto-Germanicbērizbearable, fruitful, viable; pertaining to...

Words derived from “-baar”

Every word from Proto-Germanic bēriz →Every word from Middle High German -bære →Every word from Old High German -bāri →