Etymology

bismar

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Today it means: A kind of steelyard used in Orkney. Full definition →

Danish bismer ← Middle Low German bisemer ← Turkish batman
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The story

  1. Turkish · derived frombatman“a unit of weight”
  2. Middle Low German · derived frombisemer
  3. Danish · borrowed frombismer
  4. English todaybismar

From Danish bismer, from Middle Low German bisemer, via a Slavic language from Turkish batman (“a unit of weight”).

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