Where does “بار” come from?
بار (Persian) comes from French bar, from English Bar, from German bär, from Middle High German bër, from Old High German beri, from Proto-West Germanic baʀi, from Proto-Germanic bazją, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-.
بار (Persian): present stem form of باریدن; burden, load,...
Definitions
- present stem form of باریدن; burden, load,...
Ancestry of “بار”, step by step
بار traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French bar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | bar | A bar; A bass |
| 2 | English | Bar | A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length |
| 3 | German | bär | — |
| 4 | Middle High German | bër | bear |
| 5 | Old High German | beri | A berry |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | baʀi | berry |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | bazją | berry |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |
via Middle Persian bʾl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Persian | bʾl | load, burden; duty; fruit; time, occasion; bank,... |
| 2 | Irish | bara- | baro- |
via Arabic بَارّ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | بَارّ | — |