Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA litter to transport the corpse of a dead person. · A platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed. · A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woollen cloth.
From Middle English beer, beere, bere, from Old English bēr, (West Saxon) bǣr (“stretcher, bier”), from Proto-West Germanic *bāru, from Proto-Germanic *bērō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carry, bear”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Beere (“stretcher, bier”), Dutch baar (“bier”), German Bahre (“bier, stretcher”). More at bear.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*bʰer-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionbeerenm
- Inherited-form mentionbērang
- Inherited-form mention*bārugmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*bērōgem-pro
- Derivation mention*bʰer-ine-pro · to carry, bear
- Cognate mentionBeerestq · stretcher, bier
- Cognate mentionbaarnl · bier
- Cognate mentionBahrede · bier, stretcher
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Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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