*bakaburdaz

Runic: ᛒᚨᚲᚨᛒᚢᚱᛞᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈbɑ.kɑ.ˌbur.ðɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

The larboard side of a ship, backboard.

Etymology

From *baką (‘back, rear’)+ *burdaz, a variant of Proto-Germanic *burdą (‘board’). So named as the steersman's back is toward this side of the vessel when facing the fore.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	bakaburdaz	bakaburdōz, bakaburdōs
Acc.	bakaburdą	bakaburdanz
Gen.	bakaburdas, bakaburdis	bakaburdǫ̂
Dat.	bakaburdai	bakaburdamaz
Inst.	bakaburdō	bakaburdamiz
Voc.	bakaburd	bakaburdōz, bakaburdōs

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Descendants

*bakabord (Proto-West Germanic)
- bæcbord (Old English)
  - *bakbord (Middle English)
    - backboard (English)
    - backburd (Scots)
*bakabord (Proto-West Germanic)
- *bakbord (Old Saxon)
  - backbort, bakbōrt (Middle Low German)
    - Backbord (German)
    - Backboord (Low German)
    - Bakboud (Saterland Frisian)
    - bakboard (West Frisian)
*bakabord (Proto-West Germanic)
- *bakbord (Old Saxon)
  - backbort, bakbōrt (Middle Low German)
    - *bakbord (Middle Dutch)
      - bakboord (Dutch)
*bakabord (Proto-West Germanic)
- *bakbord (Old Saxon)
  - backbort, bakbōrt (Middle Low German)
    - *bakbord (Middle Dutch)
      - babort (Middle French)
        
        bâbord (French)
        
        babordo (Italian)
        
        babordo, bombordo (Portuguese)
        
        baburd, babord (Scots)
        
        babor (Spanish)
bakborð, bakborði (Old Norse)
- bagbord (Danish)
- bakborð (Faroese)
- bakborð, bakborði (Icelandic)
- bakbord (Norwegian)
- babord (Swedish)

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