bhares-

    bhares-

    English meaning: barley

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Gerste”

    Material: Lat. far (eig. farr), farris n. “ spelt, grain, meal “ from *far(o)s, *far(e)zes (respectively *fars, *fars-es) = Osc. far, Umbr. far; Lat. farīna “ meal, flour “ (from *farrīna), farreus = Umbr. farsio, fasiu “ made of spelt or wheat, meal “;

    Note: common Alb. ph- > f- shift maybe Alb. farë ‘seed, barley seed” Goth. bariz-eins (= Lat. farīna) “from barley”, O.Ice. barr m. “ corn, grain, barley”, O.E. bere “barley” (*bar(a)z-, respectively *bar(i)z-); but Slav. *barsina- in O.C.S. brašьno “ nourishment, food “, Ser.-Cr. brȁšno “meal, flour”, Russ. bórošno “ rye flour “, after Jokl Miletič-Festschr. (1933) 119 ff. rather to bher-1 “ bear, carry “. Maybe Alb. bar “ grass, pasture, fodder” : O.Ice. barr m. “corn, grain, barley”.

    References: WP. I 134, WH. I 455 f., 864.

    See also: compare also bhares- S. 109.