Proto-Indo-European

*bʰers-

‘top, tip, point’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *bʰers-.

25 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers-, most familiar first.

• far ← *fars
• brush ← brusshe ← broisse ← *brustia ← *bursti
• beard ← berd ← *bard ← *bardaz ← *bʰardʰéh₂
• prod ← brodden ← brod ← broddr ← *bruzdaz
• braid ← brede ← bred ← *bred ← *bredą
• bristle ← bristil ← bristl ← *burstilu ← *bursti
• fash ← fastus ← *bʰérstus
• borscht ← באָרשט ← *bъrščь ← *burkstis
• beardless ← bērdlēs ← beardlēas ← *bardalaus ← *bard
• farro ← *farrum ← far ← *fars
• barbel ← *barbellus ← barbulus ← barbus ← barba
• farrago ← far ← *fars

More words from *bʰers-

• burbot
• broderie
• barse
• fastigiate
• barbule
• barszcz
• barbate
• barbal
• brusle
• fastigium
• fastuous
• imberb
• rebarbative

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰers-