barse

Meaning

Noun

• The perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch.
• The perineum of a man.

Origin

• From Middle English bars, from Old English bærs ("a fish, perch"), from Proto-West Germanic *bars, from Proto-Germanic *barsaz ("perch"). Cognate with Dutch baars ("perch, bass"), German Barsch ("perch"). More at bass.