Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰergʰ-

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰerǵʰ-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Root

*bʰergʰ-^[1]

to safeguard, to protect
to preserve

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰergʰ- (30 c, 0 e)

*bʰérgʰ-(e)-ti (root present)
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *bergtei (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Germanic: *berganą (see there for further descendants)

*bʰr̥gʰ-yé-ti (ye-present)
- Proto-Germanic: *burgijaną (see there for further descendants)

bʰorgʰ-o-
- Proto-Slavic: *borgъ
  - Polish: bróg

Unsorted formations:
- Old Irish: commairge
- Proto-Germanic: *burgijô
  - Old English: byrga
  - Old Saxon: burgio
  - Old High German: burgeo
    - Middle High German: bürge
      - German: Bürge
      - Luxembourgish: Bierg
- >? English: burrow
- Ossetian: бамбӕрзын (bambærzyn, “to cover”)^[2]

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*burʒēnan - *burʒōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 42

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[2] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*burʒēnan - *burʒōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 42

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