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Where does “Bircher” come from?

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

Bircher (English): A supporter of the John Birch Society

Definitions

  1. A supporter of the John Birch Society

Ancestry of “Bircher”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBirch—
2Middle Englishbirchebirch; mastic
3Old Englishbirċe—
4Proto-West Germanicbirkijābirch
5Proto-Germanicbirkijǭbirch
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerHǵosbirch
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