An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Bahre
Bahre, f., ‘barrow, bier,’ from the equiv. MidHG. bâre, OHG. bâra, f.; Goth. *bêra or *bêrô, f.; AS. bœ̂r, bœ̂re, E. bier; E. barrow (MidE. barewe), belongs to a different gradation since it presupposes Goth. *barwa; comp. OIc. barar, plur. ‘bier,’ Goth. *barôs. The pre-Teut. phonetic form is bhérâ-. From the OHG. word is derived the equiv. Ital. bara (barella), Fr. bière. The root is the primit. Aryan bher, ‘to carry,’ which is widely diffused, and appears in ModHG. Bürde, gebären, Geburt, as well as in Zuber; it occurs in Ind. as bhar, in Gr. as φερ, in Lat. as fer. From this root the OTeut. languages, in agreement with all the other Aryan tongues, formed a str. vb., Goth. baìran, OHG. bëran, MidHG. bërn (the latter means only ‘to bear fruit, produce, give birth to’), AS. bëran, E. to bear. Comp. espec. gebären.