Where does “bort” come from?

bort (Swedish) comes from Old Norse burt, from Old Norse braut, from Proto-Germanic brautō, from Proto-Germanic breutaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrewd- — to break.

bort (Swedish): away, off

Definitions

  1. away, off

Ancestry of “bort”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseburt—
2Old Norsebrautroad, cleared path
3Proto-Germanicbrautō—
4Proto-Germanicbreutanąto destroy, crush, break
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrewd-to break

Words derived from “bort”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic breutaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic brautō →