*burgz

Runic: ᛒᚢᚱᚷᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈburɣz/

noun · feminine · consonant stem

Meanings

  1. fortification, stronghold
  2. city

Etymology

From pre-Germanic *bʰr̥ǵʰ-s, from a zero-grade form of Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰ-s (‘something high up, fortified’), from root *bʰergʰ- (‘to safeguard, to protect; to preserve’). Cognates are Old Irish brí (‘hill’) and Chechen барз (barz, ‘hill, hillock, mound’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.burgzburgiz
Acc.burgųburgunz
Gen.burgizburgǫ̂
Dat.burgiburgumaz
Inst.burgēburgumiz
Voc.burgburgiz

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Descendants

  • *burg (Proto-West Germanic)
    • burg (Old Dutch)
      • borch, burch (Middle Dutch)
        • bórg, börch (Limburgish)
  • *burg (Proto-West Germanic)
    • burg (Old Dutch)
      • borch, burch (Middle Dutch)
        • burg, burcht (Dutch)
          • burg (Afrikaans)
  • *burg (Proto-West Germanic)
    • burg, burh, burug, burhg (Old English)
      • burh (English)
  • *burg (Proto-West Germanic)
    • burg, burh, burug, burhg (Old English)
      • burgh (Middle English)
        • borough, -borough, Brough, boro, burg, bur-, burgh, bury, -bury (English)
        • burch, burgh (Scots)
  • *burg (Proto-West Germanic)
    • burch, boarch (Old Frisian)
      • Buurich (Saterland Frisian)
      • -boarg (West Frisian)
  • *burg (Proto-West Germanic)
    • burg, purc (Old High German)
      • burc, burec, buric, purc (Middle High German)
        • Burg (German)
        • בורג (burg) (Yiddish)
  • *burg (Proto-West Germanic)
    • burg, purc (Old High German)
      • burc, burec, buric, purc (Middle High German)
        • Buerg (Luxembourgish)
  • *burg (Proto-West Germanic)
    • burg, burh, burug (Old Saxon)
      • borch (Middle Low German)
        • Borg (Low German)
          • Börg, Borg, Bürg, Burg (Low German)
  • borg (Old Norse)
    • borg (Faroese)
    • borg (Icelandic)
    • borg, børg (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • borg (Old Norse)
    • borgh, burg (Old Danish)
      • borg (Danish)
      • borg (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • borg (Old Norse)
    • borgh (Old Swedish)
      • borg (Swedish)
  • 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐍃 (baurgs) (Gothic)

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