Re: [tied] Barrrows and burgs.

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From: Mark Odegard

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Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2000 5:47 PM

Subject: [tied] Barrrows and burgs.

Burrow (n.) is a by-form of borough/burgh (< burh), and the verb is derived from the noun (being in fact a variant of OE byrgan > bury). barrow is OE beorh = German Berg 'mountain'. All these words go back to *bH(e)rgH-.

 

A small quiz: what's the origin of the word belfry?

 

Piotr

 

Mark wrote:

 

I'm also wondering about 'burrow'. My dictionaries don't carry the word back too far, but this looks related. To burrow is to create a barrow, i.e., a pile of excavated dirt.