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fiber

fiber · m

beaver

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What it meant

1. fĭber — Lewis & Short

fĭber, fibri[ī], m., = castor, late Lat. beber [whence Germ. Biber; Eng.

I beaver], a beaver, Pontici, Plin. 8, 30, 47, § 109; 32, 3, 13, § 28; Plaut. Fragm. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 90 Müll.; Sil. 15, 490; Varr. L. L. 5, § 79 Müll.
2 † fiber, extremus, Varr. L. L. 5, § 79 Müll.

2. fiber — Walde–Hofmann

fiber, -bri m. „Biber“ (auch feber Pol Silv. al; spätl. (Prisc. al) und rom. beber [biber Pol. Silv.] ist Lw. aus dem Gall., Walde LEW.? s. v., oder eher dem Germ., Wartburg 1 304) „Biber“ (seit Plaut): aus *bhe-bhro-s zu ai. babhrih „braun“; Subst. „eine Ichneumonart“, av. bawra- „Biber“; ahd. bibar, as. bibar, ags. beofor, an. björr ds. (grm. *bebru-, Palander Tiern. 170; vgl. auch FN. Bever, alt Biverna, Schnetz … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. fiber, p. 522]

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Where it came from

  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. fiber (scan p. 255; entry #3974).
  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. fiber (scan pp. 522-523; entry #1118). Root candidates: *bebru-, *bebro-, *bhér-.

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