The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromβύρσα“leather, hide”
- Late Latin · derived frombursa“purse”
- Middle Irish · derived fromsparán
- Scottish Gaelic · borrowed fromsporan“purse”
- English todaysporran
From Scottish Gaelic sporan (“purse”), from Middle Irish sparán, possibly from Late Latin bursa (“purse”), ultimately from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “leather, hide”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekβύρσα all →
purseboursebursaburse
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.