English
Hamburg
Hamburg comes from Old High German Hammaburg.
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050Hammaburg
- Germanc. 1650–presentHamburg
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050Hammaburg
- Germanc. 1650–presentHamburg
- Englishtodaysame form
A compound of hamme + Hamme + burg ‘a castle’
Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂méh₂-
Proto-Germanic *hanmō
Proto-Germanic *hammō ‘shinbone’
Old High German hamme
Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂méh₂-
Proto-Germanic *hanmō
Proto-Germanic *hammō ‘shinbone’
Old High German Hamme
Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- ‘to safeguard, to protect’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰérgʰs
Proto-Germanic *burgz ‘fortification, stronghold’
Proto-West Germanic *burg ‘fortification’
Old High German burg ‘a castle’
Linked words
through Old High German Hammaburg
through German Hamburg
Today it means
name The second largest city in, and a state of, Germany.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old High German Hammaburg / Hamburg