bere
Middle English
/bɛːr(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- bear
Etymology
Inherited from Old English bera inherited from *berō 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
- Barlow English
- Barton English
- Bearhead English
- Berengar English
- Bernard English
- Berwick-upon-Tweed English
- abear English
- afterbear English
- antibear English
- barley English
- barn English
- barrel English
- barton English
- bear English
- bear out English
- bear-whelp English
- bearability English
- bearable English
- bearbait English
- bearbaiting English
- bearberry English
- bearbind English
- bearcat English
- beardog English
- beardom English
- bearer English
- bearest English
- beareth English
- beargrass English
- bearheaded English
- bearherd English
- bearhound English
- bearing English
- bearish English
- bearleap English
- bearless English
- bearlike English
- bearling English
- bearly English
- bearmeal English
- bearness English
- bearproof English
- bearship English
- bearshit English
- bearskin English
- beartrap English
- bearward English
- beary English
- beer English
- beer bash English
- beer garden English
- beer knot English
- beer league English
- beer-lore English
- beeraholic English
- beeregar English
- beerfest English
- beerful English
- beerhead English
- beerhouse English
- beerish English
- beerless English
- beerlike English
- beermaker English
- beermaking English
- beermonger English
- beerocracy English
- beerocrat English
- beershop English
- beersicle English
- beerware English
- beerwort English
- beery English
- bere English
- beremeal English
- berserk English
- berth English
- birth English
- born English
- bugbear English
- carebear English
- downbear English
- forbear English
- forebear English
- forthbear English
- gruitbeer English
- ice bear English
- inbear English
- microbeer English
- minibear English
- misbear English
- moon bear English
- moonbear English
- nonbeer English
- offbear English
- outbear English
- overbear English
- owlbear English
- pedobear English
- permabear English
- pillowbeer English
- rebear English
- she-bear English
- snowbear English
- superbear English
- unbear English
- unbearability English
- underbear English
- upbear English
- werebear English
- withbear English
- Bier German
- beer Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰerH- Proto-Indo-European
- bia Portuguese
- *baraz Proto-Germanic
- *bernuz Proto-Germanic
- *berô Proto-Germanic
- bearn Old English
- beorsele Old English
- bera Old English
- bere Old English
- bereærn Old English
- bærlic Old English
- bēor Old English
- gebeor Old English
- tūn Old English
- bern Middle English
- béar Irish
- Bjarni Old Norse
- बियर Hindi
- बीयर Hindi
- เบียร์ Thai
- bero Old High German
- bir Malay
- Bier Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ဘီယာ Burmese
- *berō gmw-pro
- *beuʀ gmw-pro
- *bero Old Dutch
- 啤 Chinese
- 啤酒 Chinese
- bero Old Saxon
- bia Swahili
- ubhiya Zulu
- ubhiye Zulu
- បៀរ Central Khmer
- bairn Scots
- bere Scots
- bern Scots
- বিয়ার Bengali
- pāār Marshallese
- *bara Old Frisian
- bera Old Frisian
- ber Volapük
- ibhere Xhosa
- bia Tok Pisin
- bhiya Swati
- pea Maori
- biya Hausa
- bia Bislama
- ꤙꤤ꤬ꤛꤢ꤬ Western Kayah
- biya Alabama