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Appendix I

Indo-European Roots

ENTRY:	bhergh-¹
DEFINITION:	To hide, protect. Oldest form bherh-, becoming bhergh- in centum languages. 1a. Germanic compound h(w)als-berg- (see k^wel-¹); b. Germanic compound skr-berg- (see sker-¹). Both a and b from Germanic bergan, to protect. 2. Zero-grade form bhgh-. a. bury, from Old English byrgan, to bury, from Germanic burgjan; b. burial, from Old English byrgels,* burial, from Germanic derivative burgisli-. 3a.* borrow, from Old English borgian, to borrow, from Germanic borgn, to pledge, lend, borrow; b. bargain, from Old French bargaignier,* to haggle, from Germanic derivative borganjan. (Pokorny bherh-* 145.)


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