Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/burg
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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-West Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *burgz.
Noun[edit]
*burg f[1]
Inflection[edit]
| Consonant stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *burg | |
| Genitive | *burgi | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *burg | *burgi |
| Accusative | *burgu | *burgi |
| Genitive | *burgi | *borgō |
| Dative | *burgi | *burgum |
| Instrumental | *burgi | *burgum |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: burg, burh
- Old Frisian: burch, burich
- Saterland Frisian: Buurich
- West Frisian: -boarg (in compounds)
- Old Saxon: burg
- Old Dutch: burg
- Old High German: burg
- → Late Latin: burgus (see there for further descendants)
- →? Albanian: burg
- → Old French: borc, burc
References[edit]
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 100: “PWGmc *burg”