wineberry
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The plant Rubus phoenicolasius, the Japanese wineberry.
noun
The plant Rubus phoenicolasius, the Japanese wineberry.
noun
The tree Aristotelia serrata, endemic to New Zealand, with broad rose-coloured leaves.
noun
The tree Aristotelia serrata, endemic to New Zealand, with broad rose-coloured leaves.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y-? Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁ōder. Proto-Italic *wīnom Latin vīnumbor. Proto-Germanic *wīną Proto-Germanic *bazją Proto-Germanic *wīnabazją Proto-West Germanic *wīnabaʀi Old English wīnberġe Middle English wynberie English wineberry From Middle English wynberie, wynberie (“a grape or some other kind of berry”), from Old English wīnberġe (“grape”, literally “wine-berry”), from Proto-West Germanic *wīnabaʀi, from Proto-Germanic *wīnabasją (“wineberry; grape”), equivalent to wine + berry. Doublet of whimberry (“bilberry”). Cognate with Dutch wijnbeer, West Frisian wynbei (“grape”), wiemer (“currant”), German Weinbeere (“grape”), Swedish vinbär (“currant”), Icelandic vínber (“grape”), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍃𐌹 (weinabasi, “grape”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: winberie, wīnberġe, *wīnabaʀi, *wīnabasją