An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Heidelbeere

by Friedrich Kluge

Heidelbeere, feminine, ‘bilberry, whortleberry,’ from Middle High German heidelbęr, heitbęr, neuter and feminine, Old High German heidbęri, neuter, ‘bilberry, whortleberry’; corresponds to Anglo-Saxon hœ̂ð-bęrie, with the same meaning. Allied to Heide, feminine.