Where does “bery” come from?

bery (Scots) comes from Old English byrġan, from Proto-West Germanic *burgijan — to vouch for.

bery (Scots): to bury

Definitions

  1. to bury

Ancestry of “bery”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbyrġanto bury
2Proto-West Germanic*burgijanto vouch for
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *burgijan →Every word from Old English byrġan →