Where does “billardbord” come from?

billardbord (Danish) comes from Danish billard, from French billard, from French bille, from Middle French bille, from Old French bille, from Vulgar Latin billia, from Gaulish bilia, from Proto-Celtic belyom.

billardbord (Danish): a billiard table

Definitions

  1. a billiard table

Ancestry of “billardbord”, step by step

billardbord traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish billard

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishbillardbilliards; a billiard table
2Frenchbillardbilliards; pool table; operating table
3Frenchbillemarble; ball; ball bearing
4Middle Frenchbille—
5Old Frenchbillestick; baton; written decree, announcement
6Vulgar Latinbillia—
7Gaulishbiliatall tree
8Proto-Celticbelyomtree
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰolh₃yomleaf
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
12Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Danish bord

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishbordtable, desk; plank; imperative of borde
2Old Norseborðedge, side of a vessel
3Proto-Germanicburdąboard, plank; table
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰers-top, tip, point
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