beir
West Flemish
noun
Definitions
- bear (large predatory mammal of the family Ursidae)
- (metaphor) person who is physically impressive and/or crude
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch bēre inherited from Old Dutch *bero inherited from Proto-Germanic *berô (bear).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*berô
Gloss
bear
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
熊
Emoji
🐨 🐻❄️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Berengar English
- beer Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰerH- Proto-Indo-European
- *bernuz Proto-Germanic
- *berô Proto-Germanic
- bera Old English
- Bjarni Old Norse
- bere Middle Dutch
- bēre Middle Dutch
- bero Old High German
- *berō gmw-pro
- *beri Old Dutch
- *bero Old Dutch
- bero Old Saxon
- *bara Old Frisian
- baer Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgish
- beier West Flemish