beurs
Frisian (Western)
noun
Definitions
- A purse.
- A stock exchange.
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch, Flemish beurs (stock exchange, purse, grant, exchange, bursary) derived from Middle Dutch borse derived from Old French bourse (purse) derived from Latin bursa (purse) derived from Ancient Greek βύρσα (hide, wine-skin, leather, skin stripped off a hide, skin stripped off, wineskin, bag).
Origin
Ancient Greek
βύρσα
Gloss
hide, wine-skin, leather, skin stripped off a hide, skin stripped off, wineskin, bag
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
革
Emoji
🥷
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bursa Latin
- bursarius Latin
- bursiformis Latin
- Bursche German
- Börse German
- borsa Italian
- aandelenbeurs Dutch, Flemish
- basisbeurs Dutch, Flemish
- beurs Dutch, Flemish
- beurshandel Dutch, Flemish
- beurskrach Dutch, Flemish
- beurzensnijder Dutch, Flemish
- binnenbeurs Dutch, Flemish
- jaarbeurs Dutch, Flemish
- nabeurs Dutch, Flemish
- optiebeurs Dutch, Flemish
- studiebeurs Dutch, Flemish
- voorbeurs Dutch, Flemish
- bourse French
- bolsa Spanish, Castilian
- bursa Spanish, Castilian
- βύρσα Ancient Greek
- βύρσινος Ancient Greek
- βῡρσα Ancient Greek
- *būs- Proto-Indo-European
- børs Norwegian Bokmål
- børs Norwegian Nynorsk
- purs Old English
- børs Danish
- borse Old French
- bourse Old French
- borsa Catalan, Valencian
- bossa Catalan, Valencian
- boș Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- bursa Indonesian
- borse Middle Dutch
- bolssa Old Portuguese
- bursa Northern Sami
- buorsa Romansh
- bursa Romansh
- sparán Middle Irish
- buarsa Dalmatian
- bursa LL
- bursa ML