Where does “New Edinburgh” come from?

New Edinburgh (English) comes from English Edinburgh, from Middle English Edynburgh, from Old English *Edyn burg, from Old English burg, from Proto-Germanic burgz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰr̥ǵʰ-.

New Edinburgh (English): The capital of the short-lived Scottish colony of New Caledonia (1698–1700), Sukunya, Puerto Escocés Spanish for “Port Scotland”

Definitions

  1. The capital of the short-lived Scottish colony of New Caledonia (1698–1700), Sukunya, Puerto Escocés Spanish for “Port Scotland”

Ancestry of “New Edinburgh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEdinburghincluding the city, one of 32 created in 1996
2Middle EnglishEdynburgh
3Old English*Edyn burg
4Old Englishburgcity; town; a fortified place: stronghold, fort,...
5Proto-Germanicburgzfortification, stronghold; city
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰr̥ǵʰ-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰr̥ǵʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic burgzEvery word from Old English burg
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