*atberaną

From *at + *beraną, an inherited Strong class 4 verb from Proto-Indo-European root *bʰer-; the PIE present *bʰer-e/o- is continued by Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (bairan), Latin ferō, Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō), Old Armenian բերեմ (berem), and Indo-Iranian forms such as Sanskrit भरति (bhárati) (Rix et al. 2001: 76–77). The Germanic compound is directly supported by Gothic 𐌰𐍄𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (atbairan) and cognate Northwest Germanic formations. Comparable ‘to/toward’ + *bʰer-compounds occur independently in Latin adferō, later afferō, and Old Phrygian αββερετ (abberet), which is now securely analyzed as *ad- + *beret, with assimilation *d-b > *bb (Obrador-Cursach 2020: 154–55; Šorgo 2026: 537–39). These parallels show that the construction is of considerable Indo-European antiquity.