Where does “Birch” come from?

Birch (English) comes from Middle English birche, from Old English birċe, from Proto-West Germanic birkijā, from Proto-Germanic birkijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerHǵos — birch.

Birch (English): A nickname of the surname Birchall

Definitions

  1. A nickname of the surname Birchall

Ancestry of “Birch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbirchebirch; mastic
2Old Englishbirċe—
3Proto-West Germanicbirkijābirch
4Proto-Germanicbirkijǭbirch
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerHǵosbirch

Words derived from “Birch”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰerHǵos →