Where does “bóor” come from?
bóor (Wolof) comes from Urdu بور, from English bore, from Middle English bore, from Middle English boren, from Old English boren, from Old English beran, from Proto-West Germanic beran, from Proto-Germanic beraną — shiny, light brown.
bóor (Wolof): butter
Ancestry of “bóor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Urdu | بور | — |
| 2 | English | bore | To inspire boredom in somebody; To make a hole... |
| 3 | Middle English | bore | A :bore, hole, puncture or indentation; A gap,... |
| 4 | Middle English | boren | — |
| 5 | Old English | boren | past participle of beran; born |
| 6 | Old English | beran | to carry, bear; to wear; to sustain, support |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | beran | to carry, to bear |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | beraną | to carry, to bear |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéreti | to be carrying |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰēr- | shiny, light brown |