köken: From Middle High German biber, from Old High German bibar, bibur, from Proto-West Germanic *bebru, from Proto-Germanic *bebruz (“beaver”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus. The spelling with ⟨i⟩ instead of ⟨ie⟩ is unusual. Biber is perhaps the only inherited Germanic word in which /iː/ is spelt ⟨i⟩ without there being a special reason for this (e.g. homophone disambiguation as in Lid,…
köken: Inherited from Middle French bievre, from Old French bievre (“beaver”), from Latin beber, of Germanic or Celtic origin, both from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus (“beaver”). Akin to Old High German bibar (German Biber (“beaver”)), Middle Dutch bēver (Dutch bever (“beaver”)), Old English befer (“beaver”), Old East Slavic бо́бръ (bóbrŭ). More at beaver.
beaver (rodent of the genus Castor) · European beaver (Castor fiber)
çekim: çoğul bevers
köken: From Middle Dutch bēver, from Old Dutch *bevar, from Proto-West Germanic *bebru, from Proto-Germanic *bebruz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus.
köken: From Old Swedish bæver, from Middle Low German biber, bever, from Old Saxon biƀar, biƀor, from Proto-West Germanic *bebru, from Proto-Germanic *bebruz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus. Displaced native bjur.
beaver (mammal of the genus Castor) · beaver fur · beaver (hairy vagina)
çekim: çoğul bobry · tamlayan bobra
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus Proto-Balto-Slavic *bébrus Proto-Slavic *bòbrъ Old Polish bóbr ▲ English beaversl. Polish bóbr Inherited from Old Polish bóbr. Sense 3 is a semantic loan from English beaver
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *udrós Proto-Indo-Iranian *udrás Sanskrit उद्र (udra) Prakrit 𑀉𑀤𑁆𑀤 (udda) Hindi ऊद Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit उद्द (udda), from Sanskrit उद्र (udrá), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *udrós (“otter”). Doublet of उद्र (udra), a tatsama. Cognate with Russian вы́дра (výdra) and Old English otor (whence…