Where does “burg” come from?

burg (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic burgz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰr̥ǵʰ-.

burg (Old English): city; town; a fortified place: stronghold, fort,...

Definitions

  1. city; town; a fortified place: stronghold, fort,...

Ancestry of “burg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicburgzfortification, stronghold; city
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰr̥ǵʰ-—

Words derived from “burg”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰr̥ǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic burgz →
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