Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/burg

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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *burgz.

Noun

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*burg f[1]

  1. fortification
  2. (fortified) city

Inflection

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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

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ 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