“πύργος and this the true cognate of *burg-“
No, Germanic (at word-beginning “Anlaut”) b always< idg bh; Greek π alway idg p or q(u).
So *burg is not a cognate of πυργ-.
germanic *burg- (Gothic baurgs = village; in Gothic u+r > au+r) and Berg (=Mountain) < idg. bhr̥gh- (r̥=sillabic r)
It’s plausible to look at a relation between βαρ- and bhr̥(gh)- since the idg root has a meaning like “high” (and a castle/fortified house was built usually on a mountain.).
The idg root bhr̥- could render Greek βυρ-/βαρ-
Statistics: Posted by Jean Putmans — Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:04 pm