köken: From Middle High German vestunge, from vesten (“to fasten, to secure”), from Old High German festen, from Proto-Germanic *fastuz (“firm, secure”). Compare Dutch vesting, English fastness (“fortress”).
köken: Borrowed from Classical Persian قلعه (qal'a), from Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa). Compare with Bengali কেল্লা (kella), Marathi किल्ला (killā), Punjabi ਕਿਲ੍ਹਾ (kilhā).
köken: From the clipping of erőde, from erő (“strength, force”) + -de (noun-forming suffix) Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.
köken: From Old Danish borgh, burg, from Old Norse borg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”), cognate with German Burg (“castle”) and English borough. The Germanic noun is derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise”), which is also the source of Danish bjerg (“mountain”).
På borg.
Etimoloji
Etymology tree Italian forte Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin -itia Italian -ezza Italian fortezzabor. Polish forteca Borrowed from Italian fortezza.