Etymology · Proto-West Germanic
*burg
4 English words descend from Proto-West Germanic *burg, most common first.
- boroughA town having a municipal corporation and certain traditional rights.
- 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).
- burgherA citizen of a borough or town, especially one belonging to the middle class.