beurs

Dutch (Brabantic)

/bøːrs/

noun
Definitions
  • purse, both as object and treasury
  • bursary
  • scholarship
  • stock exchange
  • event or place where goods are exchanged; a trade fair

Etymology

Inherited 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