bergen
Middle Dutch
verb
Definitions
- to get to safety, to keep safe
- to stash away, to hide
- to store, to keep
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch bergan inherited from Proto-Germanic *berganą (care for, preserve, keep, protect, save, take care of, shelter) root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (protect, take care, preserve, save, defend, tower, safeguard, secure, fortify, shelter).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰergʰ-
Gloss
protect, take care, preserve, save, defend, tower, safeguard, secure, fortify, shelter
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
楼, 塔
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bergen County English
- apricāre, aprico, apricō Latin
- Bergen Dutch, Flemish
- bergeend Dutch, Flemish
- bergen Dutch, Flemish
- berging Dutch, Flemish
- bergmeubel Dutch, Flemish
- bergplaats Dutch, Flemish
- bergstof Dutch, Flemish
- halsberger Dutch, Flemish
- op Dutch, Flemish
- opbergen Dutch, Flemish
- verbergen Dutch, Flemish
- *bhergh- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰergʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰerǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *werk'- Proto-Indo-European
- *werḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *berganą Proto-Germanic
- *burgijaną Proto-Germanic
- *burgijô Proto-Germanic
- *burginnijō Proto-Germanic
- *burgōną Proto-Germanic
- bärga Swedish
- beorgan Old English
- bjarga Old Norse
- byrging Old Norse
- byrgiskona Old Norse
- byrgismaðr Old Norse
- byrgisskapr Old Norse
- *berťi Proto-Slavic
- bergan Old High German
- burgeo Old High German
- 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- bergan Old Dutch
- farbergan Old Dutch
- *pergat'ak Proto-Finnic
- bergan Old Saxon
- protect, hide, *bergan, to take care of Frankish
- *bergtei Proto-Balto-Slavic