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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *bibru-z
Meaning: beaver
Old Norse: bjōr-r m. `Biber; Biberfell'
Norwegian: dial. bjōr `Biber'
Swedish: dial. bjur `Biber'
Old Danish: biävär, biauär `Biber'
Old English: beofer (beofor), -es m. `beaver'
English: beaver
Old Saxon: bivar, bevar
Middle Dutch: bēver
Dutch: bever
Old Franconian: bever
Middle Low German: bēver
Low German: bever m.
Old High German: bibar (9./10.Jh.)
Middle High German: biber st. m. 'biber'
German: Biber m.
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *bhebhr-u-
Meaning: beaver
Old Indian: babhrú- m. `a k. of large ichneumon'
Avestan: bawra-, bawri- 'Biber'
Latin: fiber, -brī m. `Biber'
Celtic: Gaul Bibrax, Bibracte, Bebriacum; Corn befer `Biber', Bret bieuzr `Biber'
Russ. meaning: зверек (бобр)
References: WP II 166 f
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Vasmer's dictionary :
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Word: бобр,
Near etymology: бобёр, род. п. бобра́, укр. бiбр, род. п. бобра́, др.-русск. бебръ, бобръ, прил. бебрянъ, цслав. бебръ, бобръ, болг. бъ́бър, бо́бър, бе́бер, сербохорв. да̏бар, словен. bóbǝr, bébǝr, brébǝr, чеш. bobr, польск. bóbr, в.-луж. bobr, bě́br, н.-луж. bober, bobεr, польск. Biebrza -- название реки; см. Брюкнер, ZfslPh 4, 215.
Further etymology: Родственно лит. bẽbras, bebrùs, вост.-лит. bãbras "бобр", Babrungas -- название реки, лтш. bębrs, др.-прусск. bebrus, др.-инд. babhrúṣ "коричневый; крупный ихневмон", авест. bawri-, bawra- "бобр", д.-в.-н. bibar "бобр", др.-англ. beofor, корн. befer, галльск. Bibracte, лат. fiber "бобр". || Первонач. *bhe-bhru- "коричневый", лит. bė́ras "коричневый", д.-в.-н. bëro "медведь", д.-в.-н. brûn "коричневый", греч. φρύ̄νη "жаба"; см. Бернекер 1, 47; М. -- Э. 1, 276; Траутман, BSW 28 и сл.; Бартоломэ, Air. Wb. 925; Уленбек, Aind. Wb. 186; Буга, РФВ 67, 234.
Pages: 1,180-181
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Baltic etymology :
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Proto-Baltic: *bebr-a-, *bebr-u- m.
Meaning: beaver
Lithuanian: bẽbra-s, dial. bebrù-s, babrù-s, bãbra-s `Biber'
Lettish: bębrs, bebris `Biber'
Old Prussian: bebrus `Biber' V. 668
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