bors
Afrikaans
/bɔ(ː)rs/
noun
Definitions
- chest
- breast
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish borst (breast, chest, thorax) inherited from Middle Dutch borst (chest) inherited from Old Dutch brust inherited from Proto-Germanic *brusts (breast, chest) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (swell, blow, inflate, break, sprout).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰrews-
Gloss
swell, blow, inflate, break, sprout
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- breastmilk English
- bruscum Latin
- aamborstig Dutch, Flemish
- adelborst Dutch, Flemish
- ademborstig Dutch, Flemish
- blauwborst Dutch, Flemish
- borst Dutch, Flemish
- borstbeeld Dutch, Flemish
- borstbeen Dutch, Flemish
- borstgesteente Dutch, Flemish
- borstkanker Dutch, Flemish
- borstkas Dutch, Flemish
- borstmelk Dutch, Flemish
- borstrok Dutch, Flemish
- borststrijken Dutch, Flemish
- borststuk Dutch, Flemish
- borstsuiker Dutch, Flemish
- borstvalling Dutch, Flemish
- borstvin Dutch, Flemish
- borstvoeding Dutch, Flemish
- borstwapen Dutch, Flemish
- borstweer Dutch, Flemish
- borstwering Dutch, Flemish
- inborst Dutch, Flemish
- kippenborst Dutch, Flemish
- rondborstig Dutch, Flemish
- roodborst Dutch, Flemish
- roodborstlijster Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰrewd- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰrews- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰrus-tós Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰruto- Proto-Indo-European
- *breuskiz Proto-Germanic
- *breustą Proto-Germanic
- *briuskiz Proto-Germanic
- *brustiz Proto-Germanic
- *brusts Proto-Germanic
- brȳsan Old English
- bruisen Middle English
- borst Middle Dutch
- brust Old High German
- borsmelk Afrikaans
- melk Afrikaans
- 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐍃𐍄𐍃 Gothic
- *brust gmw-pro
- brust Old Dutch
- *bruseti Proto-Celtic
- *brauša Proto-Albanian