5. bʰer-
shining; bright brown
Cross References - Pokorny
bʰebʰru-, bʰebʰro-bʰerəǵ-, bʰrēǵ-Reflexes - Pokorny
| Language | Reflex(es) | Gloss | Grammar | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celtic | ||||
| Gaelic | beabhar | beaver | n | CDC LRC |
| Cornish | befr | beaver | n | CDC LRC |
| English | ||||
| Old English | beofor, befer | beaver | n | RPN CDC LRC |
| Old English | beorn, birn | man, prince, hero, warrior | n.masc | ASD LRC |
| Old English | bera | brown | adj | GED LRC |
| Old English | bera | bear | n.masc | RPN ASD LRC |
| Old English | brūn | brown, dark | adj | RPN LRC |
| Middle English | bere | bear | n | W7 LRC |
| Middle English | bever | beaver | n | W7 LRC |
| Middle English | broun(e), browne | brown | adj | W7 MEV LRC |
| Middle English | burnet | burnet | n | W7 LRC |
| Middle English | burnischen | to burnish | vb | W7 LRC |
| English | bear | large heavy mammal with long shaggy hair | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | beaver | large semiaquatic rodent with broad flat tail | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | Beorn | heroic bear-man in Tolkien: The Hobbit | prop.n | LRC |
| English | berserk(er) | (Norse) warrior frenzied in battle | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | brown | very dull dark reddish color | adj | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | bruin | bear (large mammal) | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | brunet | (with hair) of dark brown color | adj | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | burnet | herb with stipulate odd-pinnate leaves | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | burnish | to polish, make shiny/lustrous by rubbing | vb.trans | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | Grimbeorn | Beorn's son in Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings | prop.n | LRC |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Old Frisian | brun | brown | adj | ASD LRC |
| Frisian | brun | brown | adj | ASD LRC |
| Middle Dutch | bere | brown | adj | GED LRC |
| Dutch | beer | bear | n.masc | ASD LRC |
| Dutch | bever | beaver | n | CDC LRC |
| Dutch | bruin | brown | adj | ASD LRC |
| Dutch | bruin | bruin | n | W7 LRC |
| Low German | baar | bear | n | CDC LRC |
| Low German | bever | beaver | n | CDC LRC |
| Old High German | bero, pero | bear | n | RPN ASD LRC |
| Old High German | bero | brown | adj | GED IEW LRC |
| Old High German | bibar | beaver | n | RPN LRC |
| Old High German | brūn | brown | adj | RPN LRC |
| Middle High German | ber | bear | n | ASD LRC |
| Middle High German | biber | beaver | n | CDC LRC |
| Middle High German | brūn | brown | adj | ASD LRC |
| German | Bär | bear | n.masc | ASD LRC |
| German | Bieber | beaver | n.masc | LRC |
| German | braun | brown | adj | ASD LRC |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Old Norse | ber-serkr | giant, lit. bear-sark (bear-shirt) | n.masc | ICE LRC |
| Old Norse | björn | bear | n.masc | RPN ASD LRC |
| Old Icelandic | bjórr | beaver | n | RPN LRC |
| Old Icelandic | bjǫrn | brown | adj | GED IEW LRC |
| Old Icelandic | brúnn | brown | adj | RPN LRC |
| Icelandic | berserkr | berserk | n | CDC LRC |
| Icelandic | bjōrr | beaver | n | CDC LRC |
| Icelandic | björn | bear | n.masc | ASD LRC |
| Icelandic | brūnn | brown | adj | ASD LRC |
| Danish | bjørn | bear | n.masc | TLL LRC |
| Danish | bruun | brown | adj | ASD LRC |
| Danish | bæver | beaver | n | CDC LRC |
| Swedish | björn | bear | n.masc | ASD LRC |
| Swedish | brun | brown | adj | ASD LRC |
| Swedish | bäfver | beaver | n | CDC LRC |
| Italic | ||||
| Old Latin | biber | beaver | n | CDC LRC |
| Latin | fiber | beaver | n | RPN LRC |
| Spanish | bibaro | beaver | n | CDC LRC |
| Old French | brun | brown | adj | W7 LRC |
| Old French | brunette | dark brown fabric | n.fem | W7 LRC |
| Old French | burnete | (genus of) herb | n.fem | W7 LRC |
| Middle French | brun | brown | adj | W7 LRC |
| Middle French | brunir, brunissé | to make brown | vb | W7 LRC |
| French | bièvre | beaver | n | CDC LRC |
| French | brun | brown | adj | TLL LRC |
| French | brunet, brunette | brown(ish) | adj | W7 LRC |
| Old Occitan | vibre | beaver | n | CDC LRC |
| Italian | bevero | beaver | n | CDC LRC |
| Balto-Slavic | ||||
| Old Prussian | bebrus | beaver | n | CDC LRC |
| Polish | bóbr | beaver | n | RPN LRC |
| Czech | bobr | beaver | n | CDC LRC |
| Lithuanian | bebrùs | beaver | n | RPN LRC |
| Lithuanian | bėras | brown | adj | GED IEW LRC |
| Latvian | bebris | beaver | n | CDC LRC |
| Russian | bobr | beaver | n | RPN LRC |
| Russian | bobrŭ | beaver | n | CDC LRC |
| Old Church Slavonic | *bebrъ | beaver | n | RPN LRC |
| Old Church Slavonic | bĭbrŭ, bŏbrŭ | beaver | n | CDC LRC |
| Hellenic | ||||
| Greek | φρῦνος, φρύνη | toad | n | RPN LRC |
| Indo-Iranian | ||||
| Sanskrit | babhrú-ḥ | ruddy, brown | adj | RPN LRC |
| Sanskrit | bhallas | bear | n | GED IEW LRC |
| Sanskrit | bhallū́kas | bear | n | GED IEW LRC |