burg
English
noun
Definitions
- (North America) A city or town.
- (historical) A fortified town in medieval Europe.
Etymology
Derived from Latin burgus (city, walled town, borough, town, fort) derived from Frankish *burg (fortified city, town, fortress) derived from Proto-Germanic *burgz (stronghold, city, fortress, borough, fortification, hill-fort, fortified town, town, burg, castle).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*burgz
Gloss
stronghold, city, fortress, borough, fortification, hill-fort, fortified town, town, burg, castle
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
城
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Fleming English
- Flemingsburg English
- Lynch English
- Lynchburg English
- Martin English
- Martinsburg English
- Scott English
- Scottsburg English
- Walsen English
- Walsenburg English
- burgish English
- Viipuri Finnish
- *burgus Latin
- burgensis Latin
- burgibannus Latin
- burgus Latin
- burgātor Latin
- borghese Italian
- borgo Italian
- -bourg French
- burgo Spanish, Castilian
- πύργος Ancient Greek
- *bʰerǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰrgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰr̥ǵʰs Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰérǵʰ-s Proto-Indo-European
- *burgz Proto-Germanic
- Banna Old English
- burg Old English
- burh Old English
- borg Old Norse
- borc Old French
- borgeis Old French
- borjois Old French
- burc Old French
- burgeis Old French
- burgo Esperanto
- burg Old High German
- burgāri Old High German
- burg Albanian
- 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐍃 Gothic
- *burg gmw-pro
- burg Old Dutch
- burgo Old Portuguese
- *burg Frankish
- borgada Old Occitan
- bôrg Bourguignon