An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/gebären
gebären, vb., from the equiv. MidHG. gëbern, OHG. gibëran, vb., ‘to give birth to’; corresponding to Goth. gubaíran (also baíran), ‘to give birth to, produce,’ AS. gebëran, bëran, str. vb., ‘to give birth to,’ E. to bear; in Scand. the compounds with ga- are wanting, the simple vb. bera, ‘to give birth to’ being used. See Bahre; where proofs are given of the antiquity of the verbal stem ber, pre-Teut. bher, within the Aryan group; in Ind. the root bhṛ, bhar, may mean ‘to bear offspring’ as well as ‘to bear’ generally; comp. Lat. fertilis, from Lat. fero; in OIr. the substantives combairt and brith, corresponding to Geburt, ‘birth,’ manifest the same specialisation. See Geburt.