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Where does “bʰerǵʰ-” come from?

bʰerǵʰ- (Proto-Indo-European): to rise; high, lofty; hill, mountain

Definitions

  1. to rise; high, lofty; hill, mountain

Words derived from “bʰerǵʰ-”

  • force
  • effort
  • comfort
  • comfortable
  • piano
  • fort
  • uncomfortable
  • Brian
  • enforce
  • forcing
  • harbor
  • borrow
  • workforce
  • Petersburg
  • comfortably
  • Burton
  • Pittsburgh
  • borrowing
  • bourgeois
  • Canterbury
  • O'Brien
  • comforting
  • enforcing
  • Berg