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purse

(Englisch)

Frequenz

B2
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/pɜːs/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle English purs, from Old English purs (“purse”), partly from pusa (“wallet, bag, scrip”) and partly from burse (“pouch, bag”). Old English pusa comes from Proto-West Germanic *pusƍ, from Proto-Germanic *pusĂŽ (“bag, sack, scrip”), and is cognate with Old High German pfoso (“pouch, purse”), Low German pĆ«se (“purse, bag”), Old Norse posi (“purse, bag”), Danish pose (“purse, bag”), Dutch beurs (“purse, bag”). Old English burse comes from Medieval Latin bursa (“leather bag”) (compare English bursar), from Ancient Greek ÎČύρσα (bĂșrsa, “hide, wine-skin”). Compare also Old French borse (French bourse), Old Saxon bursa (“bag”), Old High German burissa (“wallet”).

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