English
urbarium
Urbarium comes from Middle High German urbar, from Old High German urberan ‘to bring, to create’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to carry, bear’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-1‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéreti1‘to be carrying’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*beraną2‘to carry, to bear’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*beran2‘to carry, to bear’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050beran3‘to carry’
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050urberan3‘to bring, to create’
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350urbar3
- Germanc. 1650–presentUrbar4
- Germanc. 1650–presentUrbarium4
- Englishtodayurbarium4
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Germanic *beraną
- 2 Wiktionary, Old High German beran
- 3 Wiktionary, German Urbar
- 4 Wiktionary, English urbarium
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-Wiktionary, Proto-Germanic *beraną‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéretiWiktionary, Proto-Germanic *beraną‘to be carrying’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*beranąWiktionary, Old High German beran‘to carry, to bear’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*beranWiktionary, Old High German beran‘to carry, to bear’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050beranWiktionary, German Urbar‘to carry’
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050urberanWiktionary, German Urbar‘to bring, to create’
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350urbarWiktionary, German Urbar
- Germanc. 1650–presentUrbarWiktionary, English urbarium
- Germanc. 1650–presentUrbariumWiktionary, English urbarium
- EnglishtodayurbariumWiktionary, English urbarium
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to carry, bear’
birth, prefer, broad, bread, bar, suffering, fortune, differently, burden, bore, breeze, barrel, fury, barn, differentiation, baron, berth, indifferent, broom, bark, fret, infertility, ferret, barrow, deference, embargo, infertile, insufferable, differentially, bier, deferential, differentiable, furtive, proffer, differentiator, birr, bahar, burnish, bairn, barrette, 112 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti ‘to be carrying’
different, offer, difference, reference, transfer, relative, suffer, translation, relation, relate, extraordinary, differ, frustration, translate, referee, referendum, fertility, strangely, fertile, phosphate, extravagant, phosphorus, defer, confer, infer, euphoria, fertilization, frustrate, elated, infra, extraneous, ablation, elation, strangeness, collation, fertilize, semaphore, dilate, collate, dysphoria, 105 more
through Proto-Germanic *beraną ‘to carry, to bear’
through Proto-West Germanic *beran ‘to carry, to bear’
Today it means
noun A medieval register of the land ownership of an area.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “urbarium”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Germanic *beraną, Old High German beran, German Urbar. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- / urbarium