Where does “borg” come from?

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

borg (Icelandic): city; castle; a rocky hill

Definitions

  1. city; castle; a rocky hill

Ancestry of “borg”, step by step

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

Words derived from “borg”

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