Where does “beer” come from?

beer (Pennsylvania German) comes from Middle High German bir, from Old High German bira, from Vulgar Latin pira, from Latin pirum — a pear.

beer (Pennsylvania German): berry

Definitions

  1. berry

Ancestry of “beer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanbirpear
2Old High Germanbirapear
3Vulgar Latinpira—
4Latinpiruma pear

Words derived from “beer”

Every word from Latin pirum →Every word from Vulgar Latin pira →Every word from Old High German bira →