köken: From the root ص ن ب ر (ṣ n b r) meaning “bitter cold”, “weather requiring hardiness to endure”, a variant of ص ب ر (ṣ b r) “enduring”, “patient”, “persevering”; so named for the tree being a winter-enduring evergreen tree. Possibly compare Akkadian 𒌑𒈛𒈥𒌅 (^(U₂)LUḪ.MAR.TU /šibburratu, sibbirru, sinpirru/, “date palm; aromatic herb”).
köken: From Middle Persian [script needed] (bwl /bōr/, “reddish-brown, bay [horse]”), from Proto-Iranian *buHráh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰruHrás, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“brown”). Cognate with Ossetian бур (bur, “yellow”), Northern Kurdish bor (“grey”), Shughni vůr (“brown, grey”), and the Old Armenian loanword բորենի (boreni, “hyena”).
köken: From a Mongolic source according to Räsänen, see Middle Mongol *qaraɣai (“pine tree”). Cognate with Tatar карагай (qarağay, “larch tree”), Khakas харағай (xarağay, “pine tree”), Southern Altai карагай (karagay), Shor, Kazakh қарағай (qarağai), Karakalpak, Uzbek qarag'ay (“pine tree”), Uyghur قارىغاي (qarighay, “pine, spruce”), Kyrgyz карагай (karagay, “spruce”), Karachay-Balkar къаракъай…
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köken: Compound of 硼 (hō, “borax”) + 素 (so, “element”). First used by Ishiguro Tadanori in Kagaku Kunmō in 1870, probably from 蓬(ほう)砂(しゃ)素(そ) (hōshaso) in Seimi Kaisō by Udagawa Yōan, which is a calque of Dutch boraxstof.
köken: Inherited from Old Czech bor, from Proto-Slavic *borъ. Because in Slovak and Polish dialects it means "marsh", it is sometimes associated with Proto-Slavic *bara, meaning the same. More probably it is connected with Proto-Indo-European *bʰor-u-. Compare also borůvka.