Where does “bord” come from?

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

bord (Old English): board, plank; table; shield

Definitions

  1. board, plank; table; shield

Ancestry of “bord”, step by step

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

Words derived from “bord”

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