Germanic etymology : List with all references

Proto-Germanic: *burg-z, *burgia-n

Meaning: watch-tower, borough

IE etymology: IE etymology

Gothic: bɔrg-s f. (cons) `city; fortified place; tower'; *bɔrgja m. (n) `citizen

Old Norse: borg f. `Wall, Burg, Stadt'; bürgi n. `umhegter Platz, Burg, Schanze'

Norwegian: borg; bürge (in ON)

Swedish: borg

Danish: borg

Old English: burg, burh `Burg, Stadt'; eorɵ-byrg `Erdwerk, Ufer, Hügel'

English: barrow; borough, burrow, -bury

Old Frisian: burich, burch

Old Saxon: burg

Middle Dutch: borch, burch f. (/m., n.), borcht `burcht, vlek, stad'

Dutch: burcht, burg m., f.

Old Franconian: burg f. `civitas'

Middle Low German: borch

Old High German: burg 'Burg, Stadt' (8.Jh.)

Middle High German: burc st. f. 'burg, schloss, stadt'

German: Burg f.

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Indo-European etymology :

Proto-IE: *bhurgh- ?

Meaning: watch-tower

Armenian: burgn `Turm'

Germanic: *burg- c., *burg-ia- n.

Russ. meaning: сторожевая башня etc.

Comments: A Wanderwort: cf. Arm burgn `toren', Aram burgin, burgon, Arab burǯ `kleine festing' (all probably from Hurro-Urartian and Caucasian). Greek pǘrgos is a loanword, as it show phonetics.