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Where does “borniert” come from?

borniert (German) comes from French borné, from Medieval Latin bodina, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

borniert (German): narrow-minded

Definitions

  1. narrow-minded

Ancestry of “borniert”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbornénarrow; narrow-minded; bounded
2Medieval Latinbodina—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
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