beorgan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to save, deliver
- to preserve, guard, fortify, defend, shelter
- to spare
- with reflexive to beware of, avoid, guard against
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *berganą (care for, preserve, keep, protect, save, take care of, shelter) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (protect, take care, preserve, save, defend, tower, safeguard, secure, fortify, shelter), *bʰergʰ- (protect, take care, preserve, save, defend, tower, safeguard, secure, fortify, shelter).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰergʰ-
Gloss
protect, take care, preserve, save, defend, tower, safeguard, secure, fortify, shelter
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
楼, 塔
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Borrowdale English
- abri English
- bergh English
- borrow English
- borrowability English
- borrowable English
- borrowee English
- borrower English
- borrowest English
- borroweth English
- inborrow English
- outborrow English
- overborrow English
- reborrow English
- apricāre Latin
- apricāre, aprico, apricō Latin
- aprīcārī Latin
- bergen German
- abri Dutch, Flemish
- abri French
- abribus French
- abrier French
- abrigar Spanish, Castilian
- *bhergh- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰergʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰerǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *werk'- Proto-Indo-European
- *werḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- berge Norwegian Bokmål
- abrigo Portuguese
- *berganą Proto-Germanic
- *burgijaną Proto-Germanic
- *burgijô Proto-Germanic
- *burginnijō Proto-Germanic
- *burgōną Proto-Germanic
- bärga Swedish
- berge Norwegian Nynorsk
- berg Middle English
- berwen Middle English
- borwen Middle English
- bjarga Old Norse
- bjargaurar Old Norse
- byrging Old Norse
- byrgiskona Old Norse
- byrgismaðr Old Norse
- byrgisskapr Old Norse
- bjerge Danish
- *berťi Proto-Slavic
- abrier Old French
- bjarga Icelandic
- αμπρί Greek (modern)
- bergan Old High German
- burgeo Old High German
- bjarga Faroese
- bergen Middle High German
- abri Middle French
- 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- bergan Old Dutch
- abrigo Old Portuguese
- *pergat'ak Proto-Finnic
- bergan Old Saxon
- gibergan Old Saxon
- protect, hide, *bergan, to take care of Frankish
- *bergtei Proto-Balto-Slavic