Where does “bør” come from?

bør (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål boraks, from French borax, from English borax, from Middle English boras, from Anglo-Norman boreis, from Medieval Latin baurach, from Arabic بَوْرَق, from Persian بوره.

bør (Norwegian Bokmål): present of burde

Definitions

  1. present of burde

Ancestry of “bør”, step by step

bør traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål boraks

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålboraksborax
2Frenchboraxborax
3EnglishboraxA white or gray/grey crystalline salt, with a...
4Middle Englishboras—
5Anglo-Normanboreis—
6Medieval Latinbaurachborax
7Arabicبَوْرَق—
8Persianبورهborax; sugar
9Middle Persianbwlk'—

via Old Norse bǫrr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebǫrrman; a kind of tree
2Proto-Germanicbarwazconiferous forest; pinewood; wood; grove
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰorwos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰor-to hum, buzz; coniferous forest; to protrude;...

Words derived from “bør”

Every word from Middle Persian bwlk' →Every word from Persian بوره →Every word from Arabic بَوْرَق →