Words that come from Proto-West Germanic “burg”

146 words across 37 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic burg — including Petersburg, Burton, Pittsburgh, Canterbury, Gettysburg, Luxembourg, borough, Marlborough.

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English (58)

German (13)

Old English (10)

Middle English (6)

Luxembourgish (5)

Latvian (4)

Dutch (3)

Latin (3)

Old High German (3)

French (3)

Irish (3)

Azerbaijani (3)

Portuguese (3)

Arabic (2)

Esperanto (2)

Japanese (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Middle High German (2)

Italian (1)

Classical Syriac (1)

Yiddish (1)

Georgian (1)

Turkish (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Urdu (1)

Ido (1)

Spanish (1)

Ottoman Turkish (1)

Pashto (1)

Persian (1)

Punjabi (1)

Assamese (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Malay (1)

Medieval Latin (1)