keep, donjon, bergfried (main defensive tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls, often free-standing)
çekim: çoğul Bergfriede · tamlayan Bergfriedes
eş: Burgfried
köken: From Middle High German bercvrit, bervrit, bervride. Further etymology unknown. A common folk etymology is the derivation from bergen (“to protect”) and Frieden (“peace”). Cognate with English belfry.
köken: From Northern Old French berfroi (“movable siege tower”), from Middle High German bercfrit (“protecting shelter”, literally “that which watches over peace”), from bergen (“to protect”) + frid (“peace”).
köken: From Byzantine Greek καμπαναρειόν (kampanareión), from καμπαναρείον (kampanareíon), derived from καμπανάρης (kampanárēs, “bell ringer”), itself derived from καμπάνα (kampána, “bell”), a borrowing from Late Latin campāna.