Where does “bär” come from?

bär (Swedish) comes from English Bar, from German bär, from Middle High German bër, from Old High German beri, from Proto-West Germanic baʀi, from Proto-Germanic bazją, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri-.

bär (Swedish): a berry

Definitions

  1. a berry

Ancestry of “bär”, step by step

bär traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English Bar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBarA solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length
2Germanbär—
3Middle High Germanbërbear
4Old High GermanberiA berry
5Proto-West Germanicbaʀiberry
6Proto-Germanicbazjąberry
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-to shine, glow light; to speak, say
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-s-ri-—

via Old Swedish bār

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishbārbare
2Old Norsebarracicular leaves, needles; barley
3Proto-Germanicbazazbare, naked
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰosósbare, barefoot
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰos-to sally forth, barge, hurtle out; bare, barefoot

via Old Swedish bær

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishbærberry
2Old Norseberberry
3Proto-Germanicbasjąberry; a small fruit, of any one of many...

Words derived from “bär”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri- →