Where does “бурка” come from?
бурка (Russian) comes from Russian бури́ть, from Russian бур, from Dutch boor, from Middle Dutch bore, from Dutch boren, from Middle Dutch bōren, from Old Dutch boron, from Proto-Germanic burōną — to pierce; to strike; brown.
бурка (Russian): a liver chestnut horse a horse with a dark reddish or reddish-brown coat
Definitions
- a liver chestnut horse a horse with a dark reddish or reddish-brown coat
Ancestry of “бурка”, step by step
бурка traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian бури́ть
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | бури́ть | to bore (a hole) |
| 2 | Russian | бур | Boer; bore, drill, auger |
| 3 | Dutch | boor | drill; boron |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | bore | — |
| 5 | Dutch | boren | to drill |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | bōren | to drill |
| 7 | Old Dutch | boron | to drill, bore |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | burōną | to drill, pierce; to bore |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰerH- | to pierce; to strike; brown |