bier
Afrikaans
/bir/
noun
Definitions
- beer alcoholic drink brewed from grains or other starch material
- (countable) a serving of beer
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish bier (beer) inherited from Middle Dutch bier inherited from Old Dutch bier inherited from Proto-Germanic *beuzą (beer) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰews- (dross, sediment, brewer's yeast).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰews-
Gloss
dross, sediment, brewer's yeast
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- birra Italian
- bier Dutch, Flemish
- bieraccijns Dutch, Flemish
- bierazijn Dutch, Flemish
- bierbrouwer Dutch, Flemish
- bierbrouwerij Dutch, Flemish
- bierbuik Dutch, Flemish
- bierdop Dutch, Flemish
- bierdrinker Dutch, Flemish
- bierenbrood Dutch, Flemish
- bierfiets Dutch, Flemish
- bierfles Dutch, Flemish
- biergist Dutch, Flemish
- bierglas Dutch, Flemish
- bierkan Dutch, Flemish
- bierkelder Dutch, Flemish
- bierpens Dutch, Flemish
- bierpul Dutch, Flemish
- biertap Dutch, Flemish
- bierton Dutch, Flemish
- biervat Dutch, Flemish
- biervilt Dutch, Flemish
- biervlieg Dutch, Flemish
- bierworst Dutch, Flemish
- gruitbier Dutch, Flemish
- speciaalbier Dutch, Flemish
- tapbier Dutch, Flemish
- witbier Dutch, Flemish
- bière French
- *bʰews- Proto-Indo-European
- *beuzą Proto-Germanic
- bih-luh Japanese
- bì-luh Japanese
- ビール Japanese
- beor Old English
- bjórr Old Norse
- biere Old French
- bir Indonesian
- bier Middle Dutch
- bâre Middle Dutch
- bior Old High German
- бира Bulgarian
- biere Middle French
- *beuʀ gmw-pro
- *bērō gmw-pro
- bier Old Dutch
- *beuʀ Frankish
- *beuʀ, *bior Frankish
- bir Javanese
- biri Sranan Tongo
- beer Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgish