bergh

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English bergh, from Old English beorg (“mountain, hill, mound, barrow, burial place”), from Proto-West Germanic *berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz (“hill, mountain”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰos (“hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise up, ascend; to be elevated, up high”). Doublet of berg and barrow; see there for more. === Noun === bergh (plural berghs) (UK dialectal) A hill. ==== Related terms ==== bargh barrow iceberg Landberg == Middle English == === Alternative forms === berg, berge === Etymology === From Old English beorg, from Proto-West Germanic *berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz (“mountain”). === Noun === bergh (plural berghs) hill; mound; barrow ==== Related terms ==== herberwe ==== Descendants ==== English: barrow, bergh Scots: burrae ==== References ==== “bergh, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.