Where does “biyn” come from?

biyn (Vilamovian) comes from Old High German bira, from Vulgar Latin pira, from Latin pirum — a pear.

biyn (Vilamovian): pear (an edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but elongated towards the stem)

Definitions

  1. pear (an edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but elongated towards the stem)

Ancestry of “biyn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanbirapear
2Vulgar Latinpira—
3Latinpiruma pear
Every word from Latin pirum →Every word from Vulgar Latin pira →Every word from Old High German bira →