The story
- Old English · learned borrowing fromburh
- English todayburh
Learned borrowing from Old English burh. Doublet of borough, burg, burgh, and bury.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishburh all →
boroughMiddlesbroughburleyburrowburghbroughDewsburybirkAldeburghCanonburyAldboroughBerry Pomeroy-boro-borough-burghBurphamBurrough on the HillHemingbroughOnibury
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.