bäver
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- beaver
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish bæver derived from Middle Low German biber, bever derived from Old Saxon biƀor, biƀar derived from *bebru derived from Proto-Germanic *bebruz (beaver) derived 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
- beber Latin
- fiber Latin
- *bʰerH- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰébʰrus Proto-Indo-European
- *bebruz Proto-Germanic
- bävergäll Swedish
- gäll Swedish
- beofor Old English
- bjórr Old Norse
- *bobrъ Proto-Slavic
- bibar Old High German
- bibar, bibur Old High German
- bebrs Latvian
- *bebru gmw-pro
- *bevar Old Dutch
- biber, bever Middle Low German
- *bábʰrus Proto-Indo-Iranian
- biƀar Old Saxon
- biƀor, biƀar Old Saxon
- bæver Old Swedish
- *bebru Frankish
- bebras Lithuanian