Where does “bort” come from?

bort (Danish) comes from Old Norse burt, from Old Norse braut, from Proto-Germanic brautō, from Proto-Germanic breutaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrewd- — to break.

bort (Danish): away, off; border, edging, trimming; band, ribbon

Definitions

  1. away, off; border, edging, trimming; band, ribbon

Ancestry of “bort”, step by step

bort traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse burt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseburt—
2Old Norsebrautroad, cleared path
3Proto-Germanicbrautō—
4Proto-Germanicbreutanąto destroy, crush, break
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrewd-to break

via Middle Low German borde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanbordeborder; edge
2Proto-Germanicburdôrim, edging

Words derived from “bort”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic breutaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic brautō →
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