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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰérǵʰos

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Etymology

From *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise up, be elevated”) +‎ *-os.

Noun

*bʰérǵʰos m

  1. hill

Descendants
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *bérgas (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Germanic: *bergaz[1] (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*berga-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 60
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