Where does “ganzenbord” come from?

ganzenbord (Dutch) comes from Dutch bord, from Middle Dutch bort, from Old Dutch bort, from Proto-West Germanic bord, from Proto-Germanic burdą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰers- — top, tip, point.

ganzenbord (Dutch): the Game of the Goose

Definitions

  1. the Game of the Goose

Ancestry of “ganzenbord”, step by step

ganzenbord traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch bord

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbordplate, dish; sign; board
2Middle Dutchbort—
3Old Dutchbortboard, plank
4Proto-West Germanicbordboard, plank
5Proto-Germanicburdąboard, plank; table
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰers-top, tip, point

via Dutch gans

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchgansA goose, a waterfowl of the family Anatidae,...
2Middle Dutchgans—
3Proto-Germanicgansgoose
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰans-—

Words derived from “ganzenbord”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰers- →