An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Bürde

by Friedrich Kluge

Bürde, feminine, ‘burden, load,’ from the equivalent Middle High German bürde, Old High German burdi, feminine; it corresponds to Gothic baurþei, ‘burden, load’; Anglo-Saxon byrþen, feminine, English burthen, burden, have an n suffix; allied to Old Teutonic beran, ‘to carry.’ See Bahre.