Where does “Bord” come from?

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

Bord (German): shelf; bordure; board

Definitions

  1. shelf; bordure; board

Ancestry of “Bord”, step by step

Bord traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German bort

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanbort—
2Old High Germanbortedge, rim, rand
3Proto-West Germanicbordboard, plank
4Proto-Germanicburdąboard, plank; table
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰers-top, tip, point

via Middle Low German bort

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanbort—
2Old Saxonbord—

Words derived from “Bord”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰers- →Every word from Proto-Germanic burdą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic bord →