embower
English
/ɛmˈbaʊɚ/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To enclose something or someone as if in a bower; shelter with foliage.
- (intransitive) To lodge or rest in or as in a bower.
- (intransitive) To form a bower.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English būr (bower, a farmer) 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
- Bauer English
- embowerment English
- -büren German
- Autobauer German
- Bauer German
- Bauernfrühstück German
- Bauernhaus German
- Bauernhof German
- Bauernkrieg German
- Bauernmalerei German
- Bauernregel German
- Bauernsohn German
- Bauerntochter German
- Blasinstrumentenbauer German
- Bootsbauer German
- Bäuerchen German
- Bäuerin German
- Bäuerlein German
- Damenbauer German
- Doppelbauer German
- Freibauer German
- Geigenbauer German
- Gitarrenbauer German
- Großbauer German
- Instrumentenbauer German
- Kleinbauer German
- Königsbauer German
- Läuferbauer German
- Mittelbauer German
- Möbelbauer German
- Randbauer German
- Springerbauer German
- Streichinstrumentenbauer German
- Tasteninstrumentenbauer German
- Turmbauer German
- Zentrumsbauer German
- Zupfinstrumentenbauer German
- bäuerlich German
- bäurisch German
- boer Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European
- bur Norwegian Bokmål
- *būraz Proto-Germanic
- bur Swedish
- bur Norwegian Nynorsk
- bur Old English
- burbyrde Old English
- būr Old English
- gebur Old English
- bour Middle English
- búr Old Norse
- bur Danish
- jomfrubur Danish
- búr Icelandic
- bur Old High German
- būr Old High German
- gibūr Old High German
- būre Middle High German
- *gabūr gmw-pro
- *būr Old Dutch
- bûr Middle Low German
- *būr Old Saxon
- bur Old Saxon
- bur Old Swedish
- bur, būr Old Swedish
- bur Westrobothnian
- baur Elfdalian