Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*bʰerH-
8 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-, most common first.
- bearA large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous) of the family Ursidae; having shaggy fur, a very small tail, and flat feet.
- berryA small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties.
- BernA federal city of Switzerland; the capital city of Bern canton.
- starboardThe right-hand side of, originally, a ship or other marine vessel, and now also an aircraft or spacecraft, when one is facing the front, or the bow or fore.
- berserkSynonym of berserker (“a Norse warrior who fought in a frenzy”).
- berserkerA Norse warrior who purportedly fought in a trance-like frenzy; a berserk.
- burnishTo make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.
- brairdThe first shoots of grass or crops.