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Where does “borian” come from?

borian (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *borōn.

borian (Old English): to bore, pierce

Definitions

  1. to bore, pierce

Ancestry of “borian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*borōn—

Words derived from “borian”

  • born
  • bore
  • bored
  • boring
  • newborn
  • boredom
  • unborn
  • reborn
  • firstborn
  • borehole
  • borer
  • stillborn
  • freeborn
  • highborn
  • wellbore
  • smoothbore
  • overbore
  • wellborn
  • boringly
  • borned
  • earthborn
  • counterbore
  • boresight
  • baseborn
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *borōn →