Where does “tourbière” come from?
tourbière (French) comes from French tourbe, from Middle French tourbe, from Old French tourbe, from Proto-West Germanic turb, from Proto-Germanic turbz, from Proto-Indo-European dorbh- — tuft, grass.
tourbière (French): a bog
Ancestry of “tourbière”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | tourbe | peat |
| 2 | Middle French | tourbe | — |
| 3 | Old French | tourbe | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | turb | turf, peat |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | turbz | turf, peat |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dorbh- | tuft, grass |