Talk:burgher
Latest comment: 2 years ago by Eirikr in topic Wrong Etymology
Wrong Etymology[edit]
The etymology listed is for "burger", not "burgher". Which is not "burgh-er". Burgh is not an alternate spelling of berg. The word is "berg-her", "ruler of the city".Rosengarten Zu Worms (talk) 11:43, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
- No. See also Middle English bergh, German Berg, etc. -- the version with the "e" refers to mountain, not city.
- The medial "h" in burgher is not part of the second morpheme: rather, this is partially a carryover from Old English burh, and partially an orthographic convention to indicate that the "G" should be pronounced as /ɡ/ and not as /d͡ʒ/, as "G" often softens to /d͡ʒ/ when followed by front vowels /i/ or /e/.
- ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │Tala við mig 22:11, 25 May 2022 (UTC)