Where does “bort” come from?

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

bort (Old Dutch): board, plank

Definitions

  1. board, plank

Ancestry of “bort”, step by step

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

Words derived from “bort”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰers- →Every word from Proto-Germanic burdą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic bord →