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Where does “beuʀ” come from?

beuʀ (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic beuzą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰews- — dross, sediment; dross, sediment, brewer's yeast.

beuʀ (Proto-West Germanic): beer

Definitions

  1. beer

Ancestry of “beuʀ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbeuząbeer
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰews-dross, sediment; dross, sediment, brewer's yeast

Words derived from “beuʀ”

  • born
  • bear
  • bearing
  • borne
  • beer
  • newborn
  • forbearance
  • unborn
  • forbear
  • reborn
  • firstborn
  • bier
  • bearish
  • stillborn
  • beareth
  • bugbear
  • foodborne
  • bearskin
  • forborne
  • freeborn
  • seaborne
  • highborn
  • bere
  • forebear
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