bere

bere · noun¹

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*baraz“barley”
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*barī
3. Old English · inherited frombere“barley”
4. Middle English · inherited frombere“barley”
5. English todaybere

From Middle English bere (“barley”), from Old English bere (“barley”), from Proto-West Germanic *barī, from Proto-Germanic *baraz (“barley”). Compare Welsh bara (“bread”), Latin far (“emmer”), Serbo-Croatian бра̏шно/brȁšno (“flour”), Albanian bar (“grass”), Ancient Greek Φήρον (Phḗron, “plant deity”). See also: barley.

bere · noun²

See bear (“pillowcase”)

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