birr

birr · noun, verb¹

1. Old English · inherited frombyre“strong wind, storm”
2. Middle English · inherited frombir“favorable or strong wind”
3. English todaybirr

From Middle English bir (“favorable or strong wind”), from Old English byre (“strong wind, storm”); cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk bør, Icelandic byrr (“sailing winds”), Albanian borë (“snow”), and Polish burza (“storm, thunderstorm”).

birr · noun²

1. Amharic · borrowed fromብር
2. Amharic · borrowed fromብር
3. English todaybirr

Borrowed from Amharic ብር (bər, “silver”).

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