Where does “cnapbhórás” come from?

cnapbhórás (Irish) comes from Irish bórás, from Middle English boras, from Anglo-Norman boreis, from Medieval Latin baurach, from Arabic بَوْرَق, from Persian بوره, from Middle Persian bwlk'.

cnapbhórás (Irish): borax bead

Definitions

  1. borax bead

Ancestry of “cnapbhórás”, step by step

cnapbhórás traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Irish bórás

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishbórásborax
2Middle Englishboras—
3Anglo-Normanboreis—
4Medieval Latinbaurachborax
5Arabicبَوْرَق—
6Persianبورهborax; sugar
7Middle Persianbwlk'—

via Irish cnap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishcnapknob, lump
2Middle Irishcnap—
3Old Norseknapprknob
4Proto-Germanicknappôknob, lump; button
5Proto-Indo-Europeangnebʰ-to press, tighten
6Proto-Indo-Europeangen-to squeeze, pinch, kink, ball up, concentrate; to...
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