purs
Old English
noun
Definitions
- purse, leather bag
- wallet, scrip
Etymology
Derived from Latin bursa (purse) derived from Ancient Greek βῡρσα derived from Proto-Germanic *pusô (bag, scrip, sack, wallet).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*pusô
Gloss
bag, scrip, sack, wallet
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
袋
Emoji
🎒 👜 👝 💰️ 💼 🛍️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- purse English
- bursa Latin
- bursarius Latin
- bursiformis Latin
- Bursche German
- borsa Italian
- beurs Dutch, Flemish
- bolsa Spanish, Castilian
- bursa Spanish, Castilian
- βύρσα Ancient Greek
- βῡρσα Ancient Greek
- *būs- Proto-Indo-European
- børs Norwegian Bokmål
- *pusô Proto-Germanic
- børs Norwegian Nynorsk
- pusa Old English
- purse Middle English
- posi Old Norse
- borse Old French
- bourse Old French
- borsa Catalan, Valencian
- bossa Catalan, Valencian
- boș Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- bolssa Old Portuguese
- bursa Northern Sami
- buorsa Romansh
- bursa Romansh
- sparán Middle Irish
- buarsa Dalmatian