English
bergh
Bergh comes from Middle English bergh ‘hill’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- ‘to rise up, ascend’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰerǵʰ-‘to rise up, ascend’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰérǵʰos‘hill’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*bergaz‘hill, mountain’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*berg‘hill, mountain’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150beorg‘mountain, hill, mound, barrow, burial place’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500bergh‘hill’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰerǵʰ-‘to rise up, ascend’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰérǵʰos‘hill’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*bergaz‘hill, mountain’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*berg‘hill, mountain’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150beorg‘mountain, hill, mound, barrow, burial place’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500bergh‘hill’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- ‘to rise up, ascend’
force, comfortable, fort, borough, burgess, bourgeois, burglar, brie, forcible, brahmin, burg, brahmana, broch, borgo, bourguignon, 23 more
through Old English beorg ‘mountain, hill, mound, barrow, burial place’
Today it means
noun A hill.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- / bergh