Where does “బార్లీ” come from?

బార్లీ (Telugu) comes from English barley, from Middle English barly, from Old English bærlīċ, from Old English bere, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum — smoke; mist, haze.

బార్లీ (Telugu): barley a cereal of the species

Definitions

  1. barley a cereal of the species

Ancestry of “బార్లీ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbarleyA cereal of the species "Hordeum vulgare", or its...
2Middle Englishbarlybarley plant
3Old Englishbærlīċbarley-like
4Old Englishberebarley; first-person singular present indicative...
5Old Englishtūnenclosure, yard; place; dwelling
6Proto-West Germanictūnfence
7Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
8Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
9Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂-Every word from Proto-Celtic dūnomEvery word from Gaulish dunum