Where does “bort” come from?

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

bort (Old High German): edge, rim, rand

Definitions

  1. edge, rim, rand

Ancestry of “bort”, step by step

bort traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic bord

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

via Proto-Germanic burzdą

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicburzdą—

Words derived from “bort”

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