Etymology

bilberry

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Today it means: Vaccinium myrtillus, the wild European blueberry of the cowberry family. Full definition →

Danish bøllebær ← Old Norse bolli ← Proto-Germanic *bullǭ
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  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*bullǭ
  2. Old Norse · derived frombolli
  3. Danish · derived frombøllebær
  4. English todaybilberry

Probably of North Germanic origin (Danish bøllebær), from Old Norse bolli (Proto-Germanic *bullǭ) + ber.

Words from the same roots

Old Norsebolli all →

boulder

Proto-Germanic*bullǭ all →

bowl

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.