Where does “borg” come from?

borg (Danish) comes from Old Norse borg, from Proto-Germanic burgz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰr̥ǵʰ-.

borg (Danish): castle, stronghold; credit; imperative of borge

Definitions

  1. castle, stronghold; credit; imperative of borge

Ancestry of “borg”, step by step

borg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse borg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old NorseborgA city, town; A castle; Any fortified place
2Proto-Germanicburgzfortification, stronghold; city
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰr̥ǵʰ-—

via Middle Low German borg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanborg—

Words derived from “borg”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰr̥ǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic burgz →Every word from Old Norse borg →
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