burcht
Dutch (Brabantic)
/bʏrxt/
noun
Definitions
- citadel, castle, borough
- burrow of a badger, fox or beaver
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch burch inherited from Old Dutch *burg inherited from *burg inherited from Proto-Germanic *burgz (stronghold, city, fortress, borough, fortification, hill-fort, fortified town, town, burg, castle) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (high, rise, fort, hill, fortified elevation, elevate, height, become high, hide, raise, mountain, elevated, protect).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰerǵʰ-
Gloss
high, rise, fort, hill, fortified elevation, elevate, height, become high, hide, raise, mountain, elevated, protect
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
丘, 岡, 阜
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Foxborough English
- Freiburg English
- Marlborough English
- borough English
- boroughholder English
- boroughhood English
- boroughmaster English
- boroughmonger English
- boroughwide English
- burgrave English
- county borough English
- interborough English
- multiborough English
- Viipuri Finnish
- *burgus Latin
- burgensis Latin
- burgus Latin
- fortificatio Latin
- fortifico Latin
- fortificō Latin
- fortis Latin
- fortis, fortem Latin
- fortitūdō Latin
- Bettenburg German
- Burg German
- Burggraf German
- Burggräfin German
- Bürger German
- Hauptburg German
- Hochburg German
- Hüpfburg German
- Siebenbürgen German
- Wagenburg German
- burgähnlich German
- borgo Italian
- berg Dutch, Flemish
- bever Dutch, Flemish
- beverburcht Dutch, Flemish
- burchtheer Dutch, Flemish
- burchtvrouw Dutch, Flemish
- das Dutch, Flemish
- dassenburcht Dutch, Flemish
- dwang Dutch, Flemish
- dwangburcht Dutch, Flemish
- heer Dutch, Flemish
- kerk Dutch, Flemish
- kerkburcht Dutch, Flemish
- vrouw Dutch, Flemish
- wagen Dutch, Flemish
- wagenburcht Dutch, Flemish
- Bourges French
- bourg French
- brío Spanish, Castilian
- Φρύξ Ancient Greek
- πύργος Ancient Greek
- *bʰergʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰerǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰerǵʰ-, *bʰr̥ǵʰs Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰrgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰr̥ǵʰs Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰérǵʰ-s Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰérǵʰonts Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂erkʷo- Proto-Indo-European
- *berganą Proto-Germanic
- *bergaz Proto-Germanic
- *burgz Proto-Germanic
- Banna Old English
- burg Old English
- burh Old English
- ब्राह्मण Sanskrit
- borwe Middle English
- borg Old Norse
- borg Danish
- borgmester Danish
- *bergъ Proto-Slavic
- borgeis Old French
- burgeis Old French
- berg Icelandic
- burch Middle Dutch
- burg Old High German
- burgāri Old High German
- բառնամ Old Armenian
- burgo Ido
- burg Albanian
- fort Middle French
- 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐍃 Gothic
- *burg gmw-pro
- *burg Old Dutch
- burg Old Dutch
- *Senobrix Proto-Celtic
- *bargīti Proto-Celtic
- *brigantīnos Proto-Celtic
- *brixs Proto-Celtic
- *kaito- Proto-Celtic
- *karants Proto-Celtic
- *lestro- Proto-Celtic
- *talu- Proto-Celtic
- *trāgi- Proto-Celtic
- *windos Proto-Celtic
- *ɸano-, *ɸeno- Proto-Celtic
- *bʰárȷ́ʰištʰas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *bʰŕ̥ȷ́ʰma Proto-Indo-Iranian
- burg Old Saxon
- *burg Frankish
- ܒܘܪܓܐ Classical Syriac
- forctis Old Latin
- berz Zazaki
- 𒁓𒂵𒈾 Urartian