burd
See also: Burd
English
Etymology
From Middle English burde (“woman, lady, young lady”), possibly from Old English byrde (“of noble birth”) (compare Middle English bern (“young man”)), or alteration of Old English brȳd (“bride”). Origin of the English slang bird for a young woman.
Translations
maiden — see maiden
Middle English
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian berd, from Proto-Germanic *bardaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bøt/
Further reading
- “burd (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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