Re: Forts and other fun

Quoting Michael Adams <abrigon@...>:

> Burg/Berg/Burh or like. either means fort or mountain.
While from the same IE root *bhergh- "high", -berg "mountain" and
-burg/-burgh/-boro(ugh) "fort, fortified place" are separate words. The AHD
gives the Common Germanic forms as *bergaz "hill, mountain" and *burgs
"hill-fort".

"Barrow" (OE _beorg_) seems to be the English cognate of Ge. and Sw. _berg_
"mountain".

                                               Andreas