Etymology

Bjorge

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Today it means: A surname from Norwegian. Full definition →

Norwegian Bjørge ← Proto-Germanic *bergō ← Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰergʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*bergō
  3. Norwegian · borrowed fromBjørge
  4. English todayBjorge

Borrowed from Norwegian Bjørge. Further from Proto-Germanic *bergō, from *berganą. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (whence also borrow, bury).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*bʰergʰ- all →

bargainborrowburyburrowburian

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.