bewer
Afrikaans
noun
Definitions
- beaver, rodent of the genus Castor.
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish bever (beaver) inherited from Middle Dutch bēver inherited from Old Dutch *bevar inherited from Proto-Germanic *bebruz (beaver).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*bebruz
Gloss
beaver
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bever Dutch, Flemish
- beverboom Dutch, Flemish
- beverburcht Dutch, Flemish
- bevergeil Dutch, Flemish
- beverrat Dutch, Flemish
- beverskul Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰébʰrus Proto-Indo-European
- *bebruz Proto-Germanic
- beofor Old English
- bjórr Old Norse
- bever Middle Dutch
- bēver Middle Dutch
- *bebru gmw-pro
- *bevar Old Dutch
- biƀar Old Saxon
- *bebru Frankish