-burg

English

suffix

Etymology

Inherited from Old English burg (fort, fortress, fortified place, city).

Origin

Old English

burg

Gloss

fort, fortress, fortified place, city

Concept

Semantic Field

Warfare and hunting

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

`Kanji`

市

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Aconbury English
Albury English
Bury English
burrock English
*burgz Proto-Germanic
burg Old English
burgræden Old English
scieldburg Old English
underburg Old English
*burg gmw-pro
Eidyn Old Welsh