The toponyms Bourbon-l'Archambault, Bourbon-Lancy, Bourbonne-les-Bains, Boulbon, Bormes, Bourbriac, La Bourboule and Worms are derived from Borvo or its variant Bormo. A goddess named Boruoboendoa, perhaps reflecting the Gaulish * Buruo-bouinduā or * Buruo-bō-uinduā, has also been found in Utrecht. Known derivates include Bormanicus ( Caldas de Vizela), from * Borwānicos, and Bormanus or Borbanus ( Aix-en-Diois, Aix-en-Provence), from an earlier * Borwānos. The variant Bormō could have emerged from lenition, a difference in suffixes, or from dissimilation. An apophonic variant * bʰreh₁w- gave rise to various Indo-European words for 'source, spring', including the Greek phréar (φρέαρ), Armenian ałbiwr, Germanic * brunnōn, and Latin Furrina ( *Frūrina). The Bhearú river ( River Barrow) in Ireland has also been linked to this Celtic root. Latin ferueō 'to be intensely hot, boil', Sanskrit bhurváni 'agitated, wild'). Old Irish berbaid, Middle Welsh berwi), itself from Proto-Indo-European * bʰerw- ('boil, brew' cf. It stems from the Proto-Celtic verbal root * berw- ('boil, brew' cf. The Gaulish theonym Boruō means ' hot spring', 'warm source'. Look up Borvo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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