Where does “bør” come from?

bør (Danish) comes from English borax, from Middle English boras, from Anglo-Norman boreis, from Medieval Latin baurach, from Arabic بَوْرَق, from Persian بوره, from Middle Persian bwlk'.

bør (Danish): wheelbarrow; battered old hat; wind, fair wind

Definitions

  1. wheelbarrow; battered old hat; wind, fair wind

Ancestry of “bør”, step by step

bør traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English borax

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishboraxA white or gray/grey crystalline salt, with a...
2Middle Englishboras
3Anglo-Normanboreis
4Medieval Latinbaurachborax
5Arabicبَوْرَق
6Persianبورهborax; sugar
7Middle Persianbwlk'

via Old Norse bǫrr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebǫrrman; a kind of tree
2Proto-Germanicbarwazconiferous forest; pinewood; wood; grove
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰorwos
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰor-to hum, buzz; coniferous forest; to protrude;...

via Old Norse byrr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebyrra fair wind
2Proto-Germanicburizmale offspring; son; elevation; hill; favourable...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēr-shiny, light brown

Words derived from “bør

Every word from Middle Persian bwlk'Every word from Persian بورهEvery word from Arabic بَوْرَق