Where does “bere” come from?
bere (Romanian) comes from Romanian bea, from Latin bibō, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
bere (Romanian): beer; drinking
Definitions
- beer; drinking
Ancestry of “bere”, step by step
bere traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian bea
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | bea | to drink |
| 2 | Latin | bibō | to drink |
| 3 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via German bier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | bier | singular imperative of bieren; first-person... |
| 2 | Middle High German | bier | — |
| 3 | Old High German | bior | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | beuʀ | beer |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | beuzą | beer |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰews- | dross, sediment; dross, sediment, brewer's yeast |
via Hungarian Bere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | Bere | — |