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Offenburg

Offenburg comes from German Offenburg, from Old High German burg ‘a castle’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- ‘fortified elevation’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰerǵʰ-‘fortified elevation’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*burg‘fortification’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050burg‘a castle’
  4. Germanc. 1650–presentOffenburg
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰerǵʰ-‘fortified elevation’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*burg‘fortification’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050burg‘a castle’
  4. Germanc. 1650–presentOffenburg
  5. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- ‘fortified elevation’

force, comfortable, fort, berry, barrow, bourgeois, brie, burgess, burglar, forcible, brahmin, brahmana, broch, bergh, bourguignon, burgher, 21 more

through Proto-West Germanic *burg ‘fortification’

borough, bourgeoisie, burgh, borgo, 1 more

Today it means

name A town, the administrative seat of Ortenaukreis district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- / Offenburg

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