Etymograph

English

barse

Barse comes from Old English bærs ‘a fish, perch’, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰórsos ‘pointy, prickly’, and ultimately from *bʰers-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰers-‘top, point’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰórsos‘pointy, prickly’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*barsaz‘perch’literally ‘prickly’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*bars‘perch (fish)’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150bærs‘a fish, perch’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500bars
  7. Englishtodaybarse

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰers-‘top, point’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰórsos‘pointy, prickly’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*barsaz‘perch’literally ‘prickly’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*bars‘perch (fish)’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150bærs‘a fish, perch’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500bars
  7. Englishtodaybarse

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- ‘top, point’

far, brush, beard, prod, braid, bristle, fash, borscht, farro, 15 more

through Old English bærs ‘a fish, perch’

bass

Today it means

noun The perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- / barse

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