Where does “Bea” come from?

Bea (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German bêr, from Old Saxon bior, from Proto-West Germanic beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic beuzą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰews- — dross, sediment; dross, sediment, brewer's yeast.

Bea (Plautdietsch): beer

Definitions

  1. beer

Ancestry of “Bea”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanbêr—
2Old Saxonbior—
3Proto-West Germanicbeuʀbeer
4Proto-Germanicbeuząbeer
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰews-dross, sediment; dross, sediment, brewer's yeast
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰews- →Every word from Proto-Germanic beuzą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic beuʀ →