Berry
Old English berie, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bes and German Beere .
wiktionary
From Middle English berye, from Old English berġe, from Proto-West Germanic *baʀi, from Proto-Germanic *bazją. [1]
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bäie, West Flemish beier, German Beere, Icelandic ber, Danish bær.
The slang sense “police car” may come from the lights on the vehicles’ roofs. [2]
From Middle English berȝe, berghe, from Old English beorġe, dative form of beorg(“mountain, hill, mound, barrow”), from Proto-West Germanic *berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz(“mountain, hill”). More at barrow.
From Middle English bery(“a burrow”). More at burrow.
From Middle English beryen, berien, from Old English *berian (found only in past participle ġebered(“crushed, kneaded, harassed, oppressed, vexed”)), from Proto-West Germanic *barjan, from Proto-Germanic *barjaną(“to beat, hit”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-(“to rip, cut, split, grate”).
Cognate with Scots berry, barry(“to thresh, thrash”), German beren(“to beat, knead”), Icelandic berja(“to beat”), Latin feriō(“strike, hit”, verb).
etymonline
berry (n.)
Old English berie "berry, grape," from Proto-Germanic *basjom (source also of Old Norse ber, Middle Dutch bere, German Beere "berry;" Old Saxon winberi, Gothic weinabasi "grape"), which is of unknown origin. This and apple are the only native fruit names.
