Etymology

barse

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Today it means: The perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch. Full definition →

Middle English bars ← Old English bærs ← Proto-West Germanic *bars
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barse · noun1

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*barsaz“perch”
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*bars
  3. Old English · inherited frombærs“a fish, perch”
  4. Middle English · inherited frombars
  5. English todaybarse

From Middle English bars, from Old English bærs (“a fish, perch”), from Proto-West Germanic *bars, from Proto-Germanic *barsaz (“perch”, literally “prickly”). Cognate with Dutch baars (“perch, bass”), German Barsch (“perch”). More at bass (“fish”).

barse · noun2

Blend of balls + arse.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishbærs all →

bass

Proto-West Germanic*bars all →

bass

Proto-Germanic*barsaz all →

bass

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