Reconstruction talk:Proto-Germanic/burgijaną

Reconstruction
Kroonen connects this verb with, from which he derives "to hide" for this verb specifically. Rather, if this verb originally meant "to keep safe, preserve" as well, both "to hide" and "to bury" seem reasonable developments, and also allows the connection of the Gothic verb, as implied by , literally "around the setting of camp", the meaning originally being "to keep safe" then > "to set camp". Anglom (talk) 05:20, 10 February 2015 (UTC)