Where does “برك” come from?

برك (Arabic) comes from Proto-Semitic birk- — knee.

برك (Arabic): to kneel down; to make kneel; to invoke a...

Definitions

  1. to kneel down; to make kneel; to invoke a...

Ancestry of “برك”, step by step

برك traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Semitic birk-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semiticbirk-knee

via Proto-Turkic berk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicberkmighty

via Arabic بَرَكَ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicبَرَكَto kneel down

Words derived from “برك”

Every word from Proto-Semitic birk- →