An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Urbar

by Friedrich Kluge

Urbar, n., ‘produce, landed property,’ from MidHG. urbor, urbar, f. and n., ‘copyhold, rent, income’; lit. perhaps ‘tax, produce, rent’ (comp. Goth. gabaúr, ‘tax’). Hence urbar, adj., ‘arable,’ lit. ‘bearing interest, productive’ (ModHG. only). —