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Etymology

From Middle English berwe, 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 bergh. Cognates Cognate with Scots burrow (“mound, tumulus, barrow”), North Frisian Bārig, beerch, beeri, beerj, berag, berig, berri, bärj (“mountain”), Saterland Frisian Bierich, Bíerig, Bäirch (“mountain”), West Frisian berch (“mountain”), Cimbrian pèrge (“mountain”), Dutch berg (“mountain”), German Berg (“mountain”), German Low German Barg (“mountain”), Limburgish berg, Bärrech (“hill, mountain”), Luxembourgish Bierg (“mountain”), Mòcheno pèrg (“mountain”), Yiddish באַרג (barg, “mountain”), Danish bjerg (“mountain”), Elfdalian bjärr (“hill, mountain”), Faroese berg, bjarg (“cliff”), bjørg (“cliffs”), Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish berg (“mountain”); also Northern Luri برگ (berg, “mountain”), Polish brzeg (“bank, shore”), Russian бе́рег (béreg, “bank, shore”).

inherited from *bʰerǵʰ-✻ — “to rise up, ascend; to be elevated, up high”
inherited from *bʰérǵʰos✻ — “hill”
inherited from *bergaz✻ — “hill, mountain”
inherited from *berg✻
inherited from beorg — “mountain, hill, mound, barrow, burial place”
inherited from berwe

Definitions

A mountain.
A hill.
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A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
- Meronym: dolmen
- “Will you ask our oldest warriors to build me a barrow?”
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1. A heap of rubbish, attle, or other such refuse.
2. A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.
3. A wicker case in which salt is put to drain.
4. A castrated boar.
5. A long sleeveless flannel garment for infants.
6. A surname.
7. Former name of Utqiagvik, the borough seat of North Slope Borough, Alaska, renamed in…
  Former name of Utqiagvik, the borough seat of North Slope Borough, Alaska, renamed in 2016.
8. An unincorporated community in Greene County, Illinois.
9. A number of places in England
  A number of places in England:
10. A river in eastern Ireland, which flows from County Laois, via County Kildare, County…
  A river in eastern Ireland, which flows from County Laois, via County Kildare, County Kilkenny, County Carlow, County Wexford and County Waterford to Waterford Harbour.

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Derived

elf barrow, fairy barrow, bag barrow, barrow boy, barrow-boy, barrow crossing, barrowful, barrowlike, barrowload, barrow man, barrowman, barrow-way, bowl barrow, hackbarrow, handbarrow, luggage barrow, sack barrow, sea barrow, wheelbarrow, Barrow Bay, Barrow County, Barrow Gurney, Barrow Haven, Barrow Hill, Barrow-in-Furness, Barrow Island, Barrow upon Humber, Barrow upon Soar, Barrow upon Trent, Donnai-Barrow syndrome, North Barrow, Point Barrow, South Barrow

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