bever
Middle English
/ˈbøːvər/, /ˈbɛːvər/, /ˈbɛːvər/
noun
Definitions
- A beaver rodent of the genus Castor.
- Beaver fur, skin, or pelt, or a similar cloth.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English beofor (beaver) inherited from Proto-Germanic *bebruz (beaver) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus (beaver).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰébʰrus
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
- Beaverton English
- Beverly English
- beaver English
- beaverboard English
- beavered English
- beaverette English
- beavering English
- beaverish English
- beaverkin English
- beaverlike English
- beaverling English
- beaverly English
- beaverskin English
- beavertail English
- beaverwood English
- beavery English
- beverage English
- werebeaver English
- beber Latin
- fiber Latin
- *bʰerH- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰébʰrus Proto-Indo-European
- *bebruz Proto-Germanic
- ビーバー Japanese
- beofor Old English
- beverage Middle English
- bevere Middle English
- bevers Middle English
- béabhar Irish
- béabharchlár Irish
- bjórr Old Norse
- *bobrъ Proto-Slavic
- beverage Old French
- บีเวอร์ Thai
- bebrs Latvian
- *bebru gmw-pro
- *bevar Old Dutch
- *bábʰrus Proto-Indo-Iranian
- biƀar Old Saxon
- 비버 Korean
- *bebru Frankish
- bebras Lithuanian
- biv Volapük