Etymology · Proto-Germanic
*burgz
9 English words descend from Proto-Germanic *burgz, most common first.
- boroughA town having a municipal corporation and certain traditional rights.
- burgessAn inhabitant of a borough with full rights; a citizen.
- burglarA person who breaks in to premises with the intent of committing a crime, usually theft.
- burgBurgundy wine.
- burrowA tunnel or hole, or a system of tunnels, often as dug by a small creature for use as a home.
- burghA small mound, often used in reference to tumuli (mostly restricted to place names).
- brochA type of Iron Age stone tower with hollow double-layered walls found on Orkney, Shetland, in the Hebrides and parts of the Scottish mainland.
- burgherA citizen of a borough or town, especially one belonging to the middle class.
- burgessyCitizenship.