English
gebur
Gebur comes from Old English ġebūr ‘dweller, husbandman, farmer, countryman, boor’, and goes back to Proto-West Germanic *gabūr.
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*gabūrreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150ġebūr‘dweller, husbandman, farmer, countryman, boor’
- Englishtodaygebur
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*gabūrreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150ġebūr‘dweller, husbandman, farmer, countryman, boor’
- Englishtodaygebur
A compound of *ga- ‘Indicates association or togetherness’ + *būraz ‘house, room, dwelling’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘with, near, by, along’
Proto-Germanic *ga- ‘Indicates association or togetherness’
Linked words
through Old English ġebūr ‘dweller, husbandman, farmer, countryman, boor’
Today it means
noun In Anglo-Saxon law, the owner of an allotment or yard-land, usually consisting of 30 acres; a villein.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *gabūr / gebur