Where does “בערן” come from?

בערן (Yiddish) comes from German Bern, from German Bernd, from German Bernhard, from Old High German Bernhart, from Old High German hart, from Proto-West Germanic hard(ī), from Proto-Germanic harduz, from Proto-Indo-European kert- — to travel, tour.

בערן (Yiddish): (of) bearskin

Definitions

  1. (of) bearskin

Ancestry of “בערן”, step by step

בערן traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Bern

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBern
2GermanBerndan anon
3GermanBernhardBernard
4Old High GermanBernhart
5Old High Germanharthard
6Proto-West Germanichard(ī)hard
7Proto-Germanicharduzhard; brave
8Proto-Indo-Europeankert-times; to weave, twist together; time
9Proto-Turkic*keŕ-to travel, tour

via Yiddish בער

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishבערbear
2Middle High Germanbërbear
3Old High GermanberiA berry
4Proto-West Germanicbaʀiberry
5Proto-Germanicbazjąberry
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-to shine, glow light; to speak, say
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-s-ri-
Every word from Proto-Turkic *keŕ-