*bher-(1)
原始印欧语根词,意为“搬运”,也指“生育孩子”。
它构成或部分构成以下单词: Aberdeen; amphora; anaphora; aquifer; auriferous; bairn; barrow(n.1)“搬运货物的架子”; bear(v.); bearing; Berenice; bier; birth; bring; burden(n.1)“负荷”; carboniferous; Christopher; chromatophore; circumference; confer; conference; conifer; cumber; cumbersome; defer(v.2)“屈服”; differ; difference; differentiate; efferent; esophagus; euphoria; ferret; fertile; Foraminifera; forbear(v.); fossiliferous; furtive; indifferent; infer; Inverness; Lucifer; metaphor; odoriferous; offer; opprobrium; overbear; paraphernalia; periphery; pestiferous; pheromone; phoresy; phosphorus; Porifera; prefer; proffer; proliferation; pyrophoric; refer; reference; semaphore; somniferous; splendiferous; suffer; transfer; vociferate; vociferous。
它是假设的源头,其存在的证据由以下单词提供: bharati(梵文)“他搬运,带来”, bhrtih “搬运,维护”; baraiti(阿维斯陀语)“搬运”; barantiy(古波斯语)“他们搬运”; berem(亚美尼亚语)“我搬运”; pherein(希腊语)“搬运”, pherne “嫁妆”; ferre(拉丁语)“承载,搬运”, fors(属格 fortis)“机会,运气”,也许是 fur “小偷”; beru/berim(古爱尔兰语)“我抓住,我生育”, beirid “搬运”; beryt(古威尔士语)“流动”; bairan(哥特语)“搬运”; beran(古英语和古高地德语), bera(古挪威语)“搬运”; birati(古教会斯拉夫语)“拿走”; 俄语 brat' “拿走”, bremya “负担”, beremennaya “怀孕”。