Where does “bar” come from?
bar (Turkmen) comes from Persian بار, from French bar, 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.
bar (Turkmen): there is, there are, there exists, there exist
Definitions
- there is, there are, there exists, there exist
Ancestry of “bar”, step by step
bar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian بار
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | بار | present stem form of باریدن; burden, load,... |
| 2 | French | bar | A bar; A bass |
| 3 | English | Bar | A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length |
| 4 | German | bär | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | bër | bear |
| 6 | Old High German | beri | A berry |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | baʀi | berry |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | bazją | berry |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |
via Proto-Turkic bār
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Turkic | bār | there is/are, there exist; there is, there are |