buur
Middle Dutch
noun
Definitions
- inhabitant (one who shares in rights and obligations as an inhabitant of a place)
- (rare) neighbour
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch *būr inherited from Proto-Germanic *būraz (dweller, inhabitant, room, abode, dwelling).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*būraz
Gloss
dweller, inhabitant, room, abode, dwelling
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
室, 房
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -büren German
- benedenbuur Dutch, Flemish
- boer Dutch, Flemish
- bovenbuur Dutch, Flemish
- burenhulp Dutch, Flemish
- burenruzie Dutch, Flemish
- buur Dutch, Flemish
- buurjongen Dutch, Flemish
- buurkind Dutch, Flemish
- buurland Dutch, Flemish
- buurman Dutch, Flemish
- buurmeisje Dutch, Flemish
- buurschap Dutch, Flemish
- buurvrijer Dutch, Flemish
- buurvrouw Dutch, Flemish
- noorderbuur Dutch, Flemish
- onderbuur Dutch, Flemish
- zuiderbuur Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European
- *būraz Proto-Germanic
- bur Old English
- būr Old English
- búr Old Norse
- bure Middle Dutch
- gebuur Middle Dutch
- bur Old High German
- būr Old High German
- gibūr Old High German
- buur Afrikaans
- *gabūr gmw-pro
- *būr Old Dutch
- *gibūr Old Dutch
- bûr Middle Low German
- *būr Old Saxon
- bur Old Saxon
- gebeur West Flemish