Where does “bar” come from?
bar (Slovene) comes from Serbo-Croatian Bar, from Serbo-Croatian bàrem, from Turkish bari, from Persian باری, from Persian بار, from French bar, from English Bar, from German bär.
bar (Slovene): public house, bar
Definitions
- public house, bar
Ancestry of “bar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | Bar | public house, bar |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | bàrem | at least |
| 3 | Turkish | bari | at least |
| 4 | Persian | باری | anyhow; well, so |
| 5 | Persian | بار | present stem form of باریدن; burden, load,... |
| 6 | French | bar | A bar; A bass |
| 7 | English | Bar | A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length |
| 8 | German | bär | — |
| 9 | Middle High German | bër | bear |
| 10 | Old High German | beri | A berry |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | baʀi | berry |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | bazją | berry |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |