bergh

See also: Bergh

English

Etymology

From Middle English bergh, from Old English beorg (“mountain, hill, mound, barrow, burial place”), from Proto-West Germanic *berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz (“hill, mountain”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰos (“hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise up, ascend; to be elevated, up high”). Doublet of berg and barrow; see there for more.

Cognates

Cognate with Scots burrow (“mound, tumulus, barrow”), North Frisian Bārig, beerch, beeri, beerj, berag, berig, berri, bärj (“mountain”), Saterland Frisian Bierich, Bíerig, Bäirch (“mountain”), West Frisian berch (“mountain”), Cimbrian pèrge (“mountain”), Dutch berg (“mountain”), German Berg (“mountain”), German Low German Barg (“mountain”), Limburgish berg, Bärrech (“hill, mountain”), Luxembourgish Bierg (“mountain”), Mòcheno pèrg (“mountain”), Yiddish באַרג (barg, “mountain”), Danish bjerg (“mountain”), Elfdalian bjärr (“hill, mountain”), Faroese berg, bjarg (“cliff”), bjørg (“cliffs”), Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish berg (“mountain”); also Northern Luri برگ (berg, “mountain”), Polish brzeg (“bank, shore”), Russian бе́рег (béreg, “bank, shore”).

Noun

bergh (plural berghs)

1. (UK dialectal) A hill.

Related terms

• bargh
• barrow
• iceberg
• Landberg

Middle English

Alternative forms

• berg, berge

Etymology

From Old English beorg, from Proto-West Germanic *berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz (“mountain”).

Noun

bergh (plural berghs)

1. hill; mound; barrow

Related terms

• herberwe

Descendants

• English: barrow, bergh
• Scots: burrae

References

• “bergh, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.