Where does “bober” come from?

bober (Romanian) comes from Proto-Slavic bobrъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic bebrus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰébʰrus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrew-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰer- — to bear, carry.

bober (Romanian): bobsledder

Definitions

  1. bobsledder

Ancestry of “bober”, step by step

bober traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic bobrъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicbobrъbeaver
2Proto-Balto-Slavicbebrusbeaver
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰébʰrusbeaver
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrew-to brew, boil; to boil, seethe; to brew, to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰer-to bear, carry

via Romanian bob

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianbobA type of bean, field bean, horse bean, broad...
2Serbo-Croatianbȍbbroad bean
3EnglishBobA generic male person
4Middle Englishbobbento strike, to shake; to strike, beat, shake, jog
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰébʰrus →