Etymology

hamburg

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Today it means: A Hamburg chicken. Full definition →

German Hamburg ← Old High German Hammaburg ← Proto-West Germanic *burg
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The story

  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. English todayHamburg

Borrowed from German Hamburg.

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