Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bordō

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *burdô. There are no convincing Indo-European cognates, so it is probably ultimately of substrate origin. NEW and FvW assume a relation with *bord (“plank, board”), but a connection between the meaning ‘edge, hem’ and the meaning ‘plank’ is not very plausible; moreover, the words with the meaning ‘edge, bank’ have traditionally been masculine and weakly declined, and the words with the meaning ‘plank, ship’s board etc.’ are neuter and strong.[1]

Noun

*bordō m

  1. border, edge, trim

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *bordō
Genitive *burdini, *bordan
Singular Plural
Nominative *bordō *bordan
Accusative *bordan *bordan
Genitive *burdini, *bordan *bordanō
Dative *burdini, *bordan *bordum
Instrumental *burdini, *bordan *bordum

Descendants

  • Old English: borda
  • Old Frisian: *borda
    • Saterland Frisian: Boude f
    • West Frisian: buorde
  • Old Saxon: *bordo
    • Middle Low German: borde, bōrde
      • German Low German: Boorde
  • Old Dutch: *bordo
  • Old High German: borto
  • Old French: borde, bourde f

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “boord1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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