英语词汇“Indo-European root: bhergh-”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

Indo-European root: bhergh-

释义

‌‌bhergh-²
High; with derivatives referring to hills and hill-forts. Oldest form *bherg̑h‑, becoming *bhergh‑ in centum languages.
Derivatives include iceberg, bourgeois, burglar, force, and fortify.

1. barrow², from Old English beorg, hill;
2. iceberg, from Middle Dutch bergh, mountain;
3. inselberg, from Old High German berg, mountain;
4. Germanic compound *harja-bergaz (see koro-). a-d all from Germanic *bergaz, hill, mountain.
belfry, from Old French berfroi, tower, from Germanic compound *berg-frij‑, "high place of safety," tower (*frij‑, peace, safety; see prī-).
Zero-grade form *bhr̥gh‑.
1. borough, burg, from Old English burg, burh, byrig, (fortified) town;
2. burgomaster, from Middle Dutch burch, town;
3. bourg, bourgeois, burgess, burglar; faubourg, from Late Latin burgus, fortified place, and Old French burg, borough;
4. burgher, from Old High German burgāri, townsman, from Germanic compound *burg-warōn‑, "city protector" (*warōn‑, protector; see wer-⁴). a-d all from Germanic *burgs, hill-fort.
Possibly suffixed zero-grade form *bhr̥gh-to‑. force, fort, fortalice, forte¹, forte², fortis, fortissimo, fortitude, fortress; comfort, deforce, effort, enforce, fortify, panforte, pianoforte, reinforce, from Latin fortis, strong (but this is also possibly from dher-).

[Pokorny bhereg̑h‑ 140.]

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