bier

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰer-“to carry, bear”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*bērō
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*bāru
4. Old English · inherited frombēr
5. Middle English · inherited frombeer
6. English todaybier

From Middle English beer, beere, bere, from Old English bēr, (West Saxon) bǣr (“stretcher, bier”), from Proto-West Germanic *bāru, from Proto-Germanic *bērō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carry, bear”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Beere (“stretcher, bier”), Dutch baar (“bier”), German Bahre (“bier, stretcher”). More at bear.

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