Where does “Edinburgh” come from?

Edinburgh comes from Old Welsh Eidyn, a place name of unknown origin and meaning.

Edinburgh (English): including the city, one of 32 created in 1996

Definitions

  1. including the city, one of 32 created in 1996

Ancestry of “Edinburgh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishEdynburgh
2Old English*Edyn burg
3Old Englishburgcity; town; a fortified place: stronghold, fort,...
4Proto-Germanicburgzfortification, stronghold; city
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰr̥ǵʰ-

Words derived from “Edinburgh

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰr̥ǵʰ-