wineberry

Meaning

Noun

• The plant Rubus phoenicolasius (species), the Japanese wineberry.
• Its edible fruit, resembling a raspberry.
• The tree Aristotelia serrata (species), endemic to New Zealand, with broad rose-coloured leaves.
• Its edible fruit, a small black berry.

Origin

• From Middle English wyneberye, wynberie, winberie, from Old English wīnberġe, from Proto-West Germanic *wīnabaʀi, from Proto-Germanic *wīnabasją, equivalent to wine + berry. Cognate with Dutch wijnbeer, West Frisian wynbei, wiemer, German Weinbeere, Swedish vinbär, Icelandic vínber, Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍃𐌹.