BERG

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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Old Norse 1.2 Gothic 1.3 Old High German 1.4 Old Frisian 1.5 Old Saxon 1.6 Old English 2 Related Names 3 Combinations 4 Last Element Forms 5 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

This name element is usually a place name element with rare exceptions (see combinations below). Personal names containing the suffix -berg or the prefix Berg- usually belong to the name element BORG

Old Norse

berg = 'rock, boulder; cliff, precipice' ^[1]
berg = 'mountain, rock, highlands' ^[2]
bjarg = 'mountain, rock, highlands' ^[2]

Gothic

baírgahi = 'mountains' ^[2]

Old High German

berg = 'mountain, rock, highlands' ^[2]

Old Frisian

berg = 'mountain, rock, highlands' ^[2]

Old Saxon

berg = 'mountain, rock, highlands' ^[2]

Old English

beorg = 'mountain, rock, highlands' ^[2]

Related Names

Combinations

Name Element	Example
HILD	see Hilberg
HLID	see Hlíðberg
SAND	see Sandberg

Last Element Forms

-berg

References

1. ↑ Geir T. Zoëga: A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (1910)
2. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)