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wineberry en · NOUN

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”).

Meanings

1. (obsolete, poetic, possibly) The grape (fruit of plants of the genus Vitis).
2. The plant Rubus phoenicolasius, the Japanese wineberry.
3. The plant Rubus phoenicolasius, the Japanese wineberry. ▸ Its edible fruit, resembling a raspberry.
4. The tree Aristotelia serrata, endemic to New Zealand, with broad rose-coloured leaves.
5. The tree Aristotelia serrata, endemic to New Zealand, with broad rose-coloured leaves. ▸ Its edible fruit, a small black berry.
6. (UK, obsolete) The red currant.

Forms

Translations (14)

nl Japanse wijnbes (Japanese wineberry) · gl uva xaponesa (Japanese wineberry) · fi Japaninvatukka (Japanese wineberry) · cs ostružiník japonský (Japanese wineberry) · fr framboisier du Japon (Japanese wineberry) · es uva del Japón (Japanese wineberry) · mi makomako (Japanese wineberry) · de japanische Weinbeere (Japanese wineberry) · de rotborstige Himbeere (Japanese wineberry) · ru малина японская (Japanese wineberry) · ru малина пурпурноплодная (Japanese wineberry) · fy japanske wynbei (Japanese wineberry) · it uva giapponese (Japanese wineberry) · sv vinhallon (Japanese wineberry)