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Where does “byrġan” come from?

byrġan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *burgijan.

byrġan (Old English): to bury

Definitions

  1. to bury

Ancestry of “byrġan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*burgijan—

Words derived from “byrġan”

  • buried
  • burial
  • bury
  • burying
  • reburial
  • rebury
  • buryingplace
  • burier
  • buriest
  • burieth
  • unburiable
  • buriable
  • unburial
  • unburyable
  • buryable
  • underbury
  • multiburial
  • burien
  • beriel
  • berien
  • byrġels
  • bury
  • beri
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