Burh
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Etymology
, from . Cognate with Old Frisian burch, Old Saxon burg (Dutch burcht), Old High German burg (German Burg ‘castle’), Old Norse borg (Swedish borg), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐍃 ‘town’. The IE root is also the source of Celtic *brig- (Middle Irish brī ‘hill’, Welsh bera ‘stack’), Avestan brzant- ‘high’, Ancient Greek ‘tower’, and Sanskrit -pur ‘city’.
Noun
burh