boarst

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian briast, brast, from Proto-Germanic *breustą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell”).

Noun

boarst n (plural boarsten, diminutive boarstje)

1. chest
2. breast

Further reading

• “boarst”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011