From Middle English burȝen, from Old English byrġen, burġen, from Proto-Germanic *burginnijō ("burial"), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- ("to shelter, protect, save, preserve"). Related to Old English byrgan ("to raise a mound, hide, bury, inter"). More at bury.
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