Proto-West Germanic *berō

→ English bear (inherited)

→ Old English bera (inherited)

→ Cimbrian per (inherited)

→ German Bär (inherited)

→ Middle Dutch bere (inherited)

→ Middle English bere (inherited)

→ West Frisian bear (inherited)

→ Irish béar (derived)

→ Old High German bero (inherited)

→ Alemannic German Bärr (inherited)

→ Luxembourgish Bier (inherited)

→ Limburgish baer (inherited)

→ Mòcheno per (inherited)

→ Dutch beer (inherited)

→ Plautdietsch Boa (inherited)

→ Saterland Frisian Boare (inherited)