Where does “Puur” come from?
Puur (Alemannic German) comes from Old French pur, from Old French autre, from Old French vie, from Old French viḍe, from Latin vitam, from Latin vīta, from Latin vīvō, from Proto-Italic gʷīwō — to live.
Puur (Alemannic German): farmer; peasant, boor; Jack
Definitions
- farmer; peasant, boor; Jack
Ancestry of “Puur”, step by step
Puur traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French pur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | pur | pure; Alternative form of por |
| 2 | Old French | autre | Alternative form of altre; other |
| 3 | Old French | vie | life |
| 4 | Old French | viḍe | — |
| 5 | Latin | vitam | accusative singular of vīta |
| 6 | Latin | vīta | life |
| 7 | Latin | vīvō | to live |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | gʷīwō | live, be alive |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |
via Old High German gibūro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old High German | gibūro | — |
| 2 | Old High German | būr | peasant |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *būr | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | būraz | room, chamber; dwelling, residence; dweller,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |
via Middle High German būre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | būre | — |