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Limburg
Limburg comes from Middle Dutch Limborch, from borch ‘stronghold, fortress’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- ‘to be elevated, up high’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰerǵʰ-‘to be elevated, up high’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰérǵʰs‘something high up and fortified’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*burgz‘fortification, stronghold’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*burg‘fortification’reconstructed
- Old Dutchc. 500–1150burg‘fortress, castle’
- Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500borch‘stronghold, fortress’
- Middle Dutch, derivedc. 1150–1500Limborch
- Dutchc. 1500–presentLimburg
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰerǵʰ-‘to be elevated, up high’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰérǵʰs‘something high up and fortified’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*burgz‘fortification, stronghold’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*burg‘fortification’reconstructed
- Old Dutchc. 500–1150burg‘fortress, castle’
- Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500borch‘stronghold, fortress’
- Middle Dutch, derivedc. 1150–1500Limborch
- Dutchc. 1500–presentLimburg
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- ‘to be elevated, up high’
force, comfortable, fort, berry, barrow, brie, forcible, brahmin, brahmana, bergh, bourguignon, burgher, 21 more
through Proto-Germanic *burgz ‘fortification, stronghold’
bourgeois, burgess, burglar, broch, 4 more
through Proto-West Germanic *burg ‘fortification’
Today it means
name A province of the Netherlands.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- / Limburg