The story
- Old English · derived from*bera
- Middle English · derived frombēre“pillowcase”
- English todaypillowbeer
From earlier pillowbere, from pillow + bear (“pillowcase”), from Middle English bēre (“pillowcase”), from Old English *bera (as in Old English hlēorbera (“cheek-cover”)), of obscure and uncertain origin.
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishbēre all →
bearbere
Old English*bera all →
bearbarley
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.