wineberry

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*weh₁y-?
2. Proto-Indo-European*wéyh₁ō
3. Proto-Italic*wīnom
4. Latinvīnum
5. Proto-Germanic*wīną
6. Proto-Germanic*bazją
7. Proto-Germanic*wīnabazją
8. Proto-West Germanic*wīnabaʀi
9. Old Englishwīnberġe
10. Middle Englishwynberie
11. English todaywineberry

From Middle English wynberie, wynberie (“a grape or some other kind of berry”), from Old English wīnberġe (“grape”, literally “wine-berry”), from Proto-West Germanic *wīnabaʀi, from Proto-Germanic *wīnabasją (“wineberry; grape”), equivalent to wine + berry. Doublet of whimberry (“bilberry”). Cognate with Dutch wijnbeer, West Frisian wynbei (“grape”), wiemer (“currant”), German Weinbeere (“grape”), Swedish vinbär (“currant”), Icelandic vínber (“grape”), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍃𐌹 (weinabasi, “grape”).

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