Where does “bark” come from?
Bark comes from Middle English bark, from Middle French barque, from Italian barca, from Ancient Greek βάρις, ultimately from Egyptian bꜣjr.
bark (English): To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the...
Definitions
- To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the...
Ancestry of “bark”, step by step
bark traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English bark
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | bark | bark; The exterior layer of a nut or other fruit;... |
| 2 | Old English | barc | bark |
| 3 | Old Norse | bǫrkr | bark |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | barkuz | bark of a tree |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰerHǵós | birch |
via Middle English barken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | barken | Alternative form of berken |
| 2 | Old English | beorcan | to bark |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *berkan | to bark |
Words derived from “bark”