Where does “bort” come from?

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

Ancestry of “bort”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchbortboard, plank
2Proto-West Germanicbordboard, plank
3Proto-Germanicburdąboard, plank; table
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰers-top, tip, point

Words derived from “bort”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰers- →