Etymograph

English

Spelsbury

Spelsbury comes from Old English burg ‘fortified place’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- ‘to be elevated, up high’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰerǵʰ-‘to be elevated, up high’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰérǵʰs‘something high up and fortified’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*burgz‘fortification, stronghold’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150burg‘fortified place’
  5. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150byriġdative case of burg
  6. EnglishtodaySpelsbury

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰerǵʰ-‘to be elevated, up high’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰérǵʰs‘something high up and fortified’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*burgz‘fortification, stronghold’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150burg‘fortified place’
  5. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150byriġdative case of burg
  6. EnglishtodaySpelsbury

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- ‘to be elevated, up high’

force, comfortable, fort, berry, barrow, brie, forcible, brahmin, brahmana, bergh, bourguignon, burgher, 20 more

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰs ‘something high up and fortified’

bourgeoisie, 3 more

through Proto-Germanic *burgz ‘fortification, stronghold’

borough, bourgeois, burgess, burglar, burgh, burg, borgo, broch, 4 more

Today it means

name A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP3421).

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

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

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