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English

Root

mbiriso

yeast, leaven

Beer from PIE bheus to Shona mbiriso yeast

Confidence
66/100
Root language
Shona
Descent begins
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The consensus position

English beer continues Proto-Germanic *beuzą; many derive it from PIE *bʰeus- ‘to swell, foam’. No connection to Shona is recognized.

The working behind this.

The full descent — 5 links from the attested form down to the root — the segment-by-segment correspondences, the phonological breakdown and the case for the derivation are behind an account.

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