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bero

“bero” is a Swedish word. Its 4 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to depend
  2. to be caused, to be explained
  3. to have an unknown (or unspecified) cause (if the reason is omitted)
  4. to be shelved, to be postponed, to be less important (lacking good reasons)

Etymology

From calque of German beruhen (older form also berugen) or Middle Low German *berouwen, equivalent to be- + ro. Cognate with Danish bero and Norwegian Bokmål bero.

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