From Old English 'byrgan' (to conceal), from PIE *bhergh- (to protect) — same root as 'borough' and 'burglar.'
To place a dead body in the earth or in a tomb; to cover something so that it is hidden from sight.
From Old English "byrgan" (to bury, to conceal, to inter), from Proto-Germanic *burgijaną (to shelter, to protect, to bury), from PIE *bʰerǵʰ- (to protect, to preserve, to hide). This root produced one of the most culturally loaded word families in the Germanic and wider Indo-European world. The fundamental meaning is protection — a burial is etymologically a sheltering of the dead. From the same PIE root: Proto-Germanic *burgz (fortified
The words 'bury,' 'borough,' 'burglar,' 'Hamburg,' 'Edinburgh,' and 'Canterbury' all share the same root — PIE *bʰerǵʰ- (to protect). A 'borough' is a protected place, a 'burglar' breaks into protected places, and city names ending in '-burg' or '-bury' (like Salzburg, Canterbury, Glastonbury) all mean 'fortified settlement.' The pronunciation of 'bury' as /ˈbɛɹ.i/ (rhyming with 'berry') is a quirk of English — it uses the West Midlands vowel with the standard spelling.