*burdą

Runic: ᛒᚢᚱᛞᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈbur.ðɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

  1. board, plank
  2. table
  3. edge

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Possibly from pre-Germanic *burzdom from *brezdą ~ *burzdnaz (‘edge, board’), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérsdʰ-ō ~ *bʰr̥sdʰ-nés, ultimately from *bʰers- (‘tip, edge’) + *-dʰh₁-e/o-(forms resultative verbs; compare Sanskrit भृष्टि (bhṛṣṭí) (bhṛṣtí, ‘tip, edge’), as well as Old Irish brot (‘goad, spike’)).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.burdąburdō
Acc.burdąburdō
Gen.burdas, burdisburdǫ̂
Dat.burdaiburdamaz
Inst.burdōburdamiz
Voc.burdąburdō

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Descendants

  • *bord (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *bort (Old Dutch)
      • bort (Middle Dutch)
        • bord, boord (Dutch)
          • bord (Afrikaans)
  • *bord (Proto-West Germanic)
    • bord (Old English)
      • bord (Middle English)
        • board (English)
        • buird (Scots)
  • *bord (Proto-West Germanic)
    • bord (Old Frisian)
      • Boud (Saterland Frisian)
      • boerd (West Frisian)
  • *bord (Proto-West Germanic)
    • bort (Old High German)
      • bort (Middle High German)
        • Bord (German)
  • *bord (Proto-West Germanic)
    • bord (Old Saxon)
      • bōrt (Middle Low German)
        • Boord (Low German)
  • borð (Old Norse)
    • bord (Danish)
    • borð (Faroese)
    • borð (Icelandic)
    • bord (Norwegian Bokmål)
    • bord (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • borð (Old Norse)
    • borþa, borða (Old Norse)
      • borde, bort (Danish)
      • borði (Icelandic)
  • borð (Old Norse)
    • borþa, borða (Old Norse)
      • borþ, borþa, bordha (Old Swedish)
        • bård, bord, borda, bora (Swedish)
  • *𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳 (*baurd) (Gothic)
    • 𐍆𐍉𐍄𐌿𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳 (fōtubaurd) (Gothic)
  • *pordas, *purci, *purdëh (Proto-Finnic)

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