Where does “*bérgas” come from?

*bérgas (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerǵʰ- — to rise; high, lofty; hill, mountain.

*bérgas (Proto-Balto-Slavic): hill

Definitions

  1. hill

Ancestry of “*bérgas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European*bʰérǵʰoshill
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰerǵʰ-to rise; high, lofty; hill, mountain

Words derived from “*bérgas”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰerǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰos →
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