Etymology of “Burst”
Tracing the origin and linguistic journey from Old High German
Source language
Old High German
Ancestry links
2
Descendants
11
Word Origin Summary
Burst is attested in Old High German. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.
Ancestry Chain
Descendants and Related Terms
- Biischt
Luxembourgish · inherited from
- børste
Norwegian Bokmål · derived from
- Borste
German · derived from
- Bürste
German · inherited from
- Borscht
East Central German · derived from
- Buuscht
Luxembourgish · inherited from
- børstiliortoq
East Greenlandic · derived from
- børsterpaa
East Greenlandic · derived from
What You Can Explore
- 🗺️Geographic migration map — see where this word traveled
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- 📅Historical timeline — when the word entered different languages
- 🔤Cognates — related words in other languages sharing the same root