Where does “borsyra” come from?

borsyra (Swedish) comes from Swedish bör, from French bore, from French borax, from English borax, from Middle English boras, from Anglo-Norman boreis, from Medieval Latin baurach, from Arabic بَوْرَق.

borsyra (Swedish): boric acid

Definitions

  1. boric acid

Ancestry of “borsyra”, step by step

borsyra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish bör

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbörboron (chemical element)
2Frenchboreboron
3Frenchboraxborax
4EnglishboraxA white or gray/grey crystalline salt, with a...
5Middle Englishboras—
6Anglo-Normanboreis—
7Medieval Latinbaurachborax
8Arabicبَوْرَق—
9Persianبورهborax; sugar
10Middle Persianbwlk'—

via Swedish syra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsyraacid; sourness
2Old Norsesýrasour milk
3Proto-Germanicsūrą—
Every word from Middle Persian bwlk' →Every word from Persian بوره →Every word from Arabic بَوْرَق →