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Babord is port in Norwegian. But starboard is styrbord which makes a lot of sense because the steering board, or oar, is on the steersman's right side.
by kwhitefoot 4y ago
Babord is port in Norwegian. But starboard is styrbord which makes a lot of sense because the steering board, or oar, is on the steersman's right side.
- ekianjo 4y agoBabord is also used in French
- stefncb 4y agoWe use "tribord" and "babord" in romanian.
- oesexe 4y agoDanish as well. I didn’t see it mentioned, so I will add: that back then, a ship could not moor along the key on starboard/styrbord side. So it had to be the other side: hence the English port side.