Where does “byrði” come from?

byrði (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse byrðr, from Proto-Germanic burþį̄, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- — shiny, light brown.

byrði (Icelandic): burden, load; board; side, surface

Definitions

  1. burden, load; board; side, surface

Ancestry of “byrði”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebyrðr—
2Proto-Germanicburþį̄burden
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēr-shiny, light brown

Words derived from “byrði”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- →Every word from Proto-Germanic burþį̄ →Every word from Old Norse byrðr →