• AntifaSuperWombat [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    6 days ago

    It’s because all those words have the same root:

    • Either from the Proto-West Germanic “burg”, which means fortification/fortified town (maybe goes even back further to the Proto-Germanic “burgz”)

    • or possibly the Ancient-Greek word “pýrgos”, which was a tower fort

    • or maybe something else. Proto-Celtic or if we go way back: the Proto-Indo-European bʰergʰ- “to protect”

    There’s a lot of speculation involved to where exactly the roots are, but in the end it all means a small castle or fortified town in which the “burger” lived. doggirl-smart