Barrow Definition

Origin of Barrow

• From Middle English berwe, bergh, from Old English beorg (“mountain, hill, mound, barrow, burial place”), from Proto-Germanic *bergaz (“mountain”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“height”), from *bʰeregʰ- (“high, elevated”). Cognate with West Frisian berch (“mountain”), Low German Barg (“mountain”), Dutch berg (“mountain”), German Berg (“mountain”), Danish bjerg (“mountain”), Swedish berg (“mountain”), Icelandic berg, bjarg (“rock”), Polish brzeg (“bank, shore”), Russian берег (béreg, “bank, shore, land”).

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• From Middle English barwe, barewe, barowe, from Old English bearwe (“basket, handbarrow”), from Proto-Germanic *barwǭ, *barwijǭ (“stretcher, bier”) (compare Eastern Frisian barwe, Low German Berwe, Old Norse barar (plural), Middle High German radebere (“wheelbarrow”)), from *beraną (“to bear”). More at bear.

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• Middle English bergh from Old English beorg, beorh hill, burial site bhergh-² in Indo-European roots

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Middle English barowe from Old English bearwe bher-¹ in Indo-European roots

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Middle English barow from Old English bearg

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• From Old English bearg.

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