English

Viborg

Viborg comes from Swedish Viborg.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of vi ‘sanctuary, sacred area’ + borg ‘fortress, castle’

Proto-Indo-European *weyk- ‘to choose, separate out, set aside as holy, consecrate, sacrifice’

Proto-Germanic *wīhą ‘sacred area, sanctuary’

Old Norse vé ‘sanctuary, holy place’

Swedish vi ‘sanctuary, sacred area’

Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- ‘to rise up, ascend’

Proto-Germanic *burgz ‘fortification, stronghold’

Old Norse borg ‘a city, town’

Old Swedish borgh ‘fortress, city’

Swedish borg ‘fortress, castle’

Every English word from Swedish Viborg

name A city in Jutland, Denmark, pop. 91.405 (as of 2007)

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