borge
Danish
/bɔrɣə/
verb
Definitions
- to vouch for, guarantee
Etymology
Inherited from Old Danish borghæ borrowed from Middle Low German borgen (vouch for) derived from Proto-Germanic *burgōną (take care of, borrow, lend, pledge).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*burgōną
Gloss
take care of, borrow, lend, pledge
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Borrowdale English
- borrow English
- borrowability English
- borrowable English
- borrowee English
- borrower English
- borrowest English
- borroweth English
- inborrow English
- outborrow English
- overborrow English
- reborrow English
- borgen German
- *bʰergʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *burgōną Proto-Germanic
- borga Swedish
- borgian Old English
- borwen Middle English
- borga Old Norse
- borgen Danish
- borgēn Old High German
- borgen Middle Low German
- borgha Old Swedish
- borghæ Old Danish