barowe
Middle English
/ˈbarɔu̯(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- A large tray or box with handles; a handbarrow.
- A wheelbarrow; a cart with a single wheel that can easily be levered.
- (rare) The amount that can be contained in a handbarrow.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English bearwe (basket, barrow, handbarrow) inherited from Proto-Germanic *barwijǭ.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*barwijǭ
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- wheelbarrow English
- *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European
- *barwijǭ Proto-Germanic
- bearwe Old English
- whele Middle English
- whelebarow Middle English
- *berwia Old Saxon
- *barwa Frankish