Proto-Germanic
*burdą
‘board, plank’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *burdą.
3 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *burdą, most familiar first.
- board ← boord ← bord ← *bord
- braid ← brede ← bred ← *bred ← *bredą
- bordello ← bordel ← bordellum ← borda ← *bord
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Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *burdą