Etymology

broch

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Today it means: A type of Iron Age stone tower with hollow double-layered walls found on Orkney, Shetland, in the Hebrides and parts of the Scottish mainland. Full definition →

Scots broch ← Old Norse borg ← Proto-Germanic *burgz
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  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*burgz
  2. Old Norse · derived fromborg
  3. Scots · borrowed frombroch
  4. English todaybroch

From Scots broch, from Old Norse borg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz. Doublet of borough and burgh.

Words from the same roots

Old Norseborg all →

borg

Proto-Germanic*burgz all →

boroughburgessburglarburgburrowburghburgherburgessy

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