burger

burger · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*kónh₂m
2. Proto-Indo-European*kónh₂méh₂-
3. Proto-Germanic*hanmōder.?
4. Proto-Germanic*hammō
5. Old High Germanhammeder.?
6. Old High GermanHamme
7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰerǵʰ-
8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰérǵʰs?
9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰergʰ-
10. Proto-Indo-European*bʰérgʰs?
11. Proto-Germanic*burgz
12. Proto-West Germanic*burg
13. Old High Germanburg
14. Old High GermanHammaburg
15. GermanHamburg
16. Proto-Indo-European*wer-
17. Proto-Germanic*warjaną
18. Proto-Germanic*warjaz
19. GermanHamburger
20. Englishhamburgerclip.
21. English todayburger

Clipping of hamburger, rebracketing it as ham + burger. First use appears c. 1937. Sense 5 is likely a back-formation from Burgerland.

burger · noun²

See burgher. By surface analysis, burg + -er (“inhabitant of”).