Burden TO or ON some one/thing?

I'm struggling with the word "burden" used in a phrase: whether it should be followed by the word "on" or "to." It might be obvious to some of you, but I am not a native speaker. Or maybe there is another preposition that is more appropriate. I am willing to listen to your ideas.

The specific sentence I'm using "burden" in is:

"Laws...will help the progress in human advancement rather than becoming a burden (to/on) civilization."

Solution 1:

The word "burden" has an etymology originating from "to bear", I am thus convinced that "on" would be a more appropriate preposition.

Beside the etymology, I feel like taking a stab at the reason why this sentence is confusing by examining the word "becoming".

The phrase is "becoming a burden _ civilization". If one focus on the partial phrase "burden _ civilization." The preposition "on" may be more obvious, but in the context of the full phrase, one can just as well interpret "...a burden" as an attribute to the verb "becoming". For example, "becoming a man" is different from "becoming a dog" because the object into which the subject has become is specified, and one may understand "becoming" as a somewhat isolated action. For many verbs that do not have their own special preposition, "to" is used to agglutinate a verb to a target. So, if the original sentence is understood as:

"Law becomes a burden, and this action has effect against civilization."

Then the preposition "to" may be plausibly used, but if it is understood as:

"Law becomes some burden, and this burden is specifically a burden on civilization"

Then the preposition "on" would seem appropriate with respect to etymology.

Finally, the preposition "of" may be used in lieu of the other two.