/ˈbɛɾθe̝/, /ˈbɛɾse̝/
OrixeAttested since 1697. Ultimately from *bertium, probably from Gaulish *berta, from Proto-Celtic *bertā, variant of *bereti (“to carry”).
Cognate with Portuguese berço and French berceau; compare Old Irish bert (“bundle”).
- masculinecradle, crib
“Este lugar non foi berzo
Na sua idade mais tenra?
Non lle debeu à crianza,
Todo ò seu ser, è à sabenza?” — Was not this place his crib
during his most tender age?
Doesn't he owe it his upbringing,
his whole being and his knowledge?
“Deceme miña comadre
o Berse, de que madeyra
serà, para o noso Infante?” — Tell me, sister,
The crib, of which wood
Will it be for our Prince?
- figuratively, masculineorigin
Formasberces(plural) · berzo(alternative)