Etymology

bergie

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Afrikaans bergie
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  1. Afrikaans · borrowed frombergie
  2. English todaybergie

Borrowed from Afrikaans bergie, from berg (“mountain”). So called because they used to live in the mountains.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.