sparán
Irish (Donegal)
noun
Definitions
- purse
- sporran
- (animals) stomach
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Irish sparán 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
- sporran English
- bursa Latin
- bursarius Latin
- bursiformis Latin
- Bursche German
- borsa Italian
- beurs Dutch, Flemish
- 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
- borse Old French
- bourse Old French
- borsa Catalan, Valencian
- bossa Catalan, Valencian
- boș Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- bursa Indonesian
- sparán Old Irish
- sporan Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- bolssa Old Portuguese
- bursa Northern Sami
- buorsa Romansh
- bursa Romansh
- sparán Middle Irish
- buarsa Dalmatian
- bursa LL
- bursa ML