1867: -berry and -berg Jan 25, 2020

English has both '-berg' and 'borough' and others in different place names, but another variant, '-berry' also exists. Although there are plenty of places named after plants, this actually exist as a dialectal form for both 'burrow' but also more often a 'mound; hill'. It is the latter meaning, however, which makes its way into place names in the place of '-berg'. Support Word Facts on patreon.com/wordfacts