burian

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰergʰ-“to shelter, protect, save, preserve”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*burginjō“burial”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*burginnju
4. Old English · inherited frombyrġen
5. Middle English · inherited frombürȝen
6. English todayburian

From Middle English bürȝen, from Old English byrġen, burġen (“burying-place, grave, sepulchre, tomb, burial”), from Proto-West Germanic *burginnju, from Proto-Germanic *burginjō (“burial”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to shelter, protect, save, preserve”). Related to Old English beorg (modern English barrow) and Old English byrġan (“to raise a mound, hide, bury, inter”). More at bury.

Words from the same roots