Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/burg
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *burgz.
Noun
edit*burg f[1]
Inflection
editConsonant 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
editDescendants
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”