Etymology

Berrow

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST2952). Full definition →

Old English bearu ← Proto-Germanic *barwaz
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  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*barwaz“grove”
  2. Old English · derived frombearu“grove”
  3. English todayBerrow

From Old English bearu (“grove”), which is from Proto-Germanic *barwaz (“grove”). Compare Beer (“a village in East Devon”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishbearu all →

beerbarrowConybeare

Proto-Germanic*barwaz all →

beer

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.