Where does “birch tree” come from?

birch tree (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.

birch tree (English): A tree of the genus Betula, native to countries in the Northern Hemisphere

Definitions

  1. A tree of the genus Betula, native to countries in the Northern Hemisphere

Ancestry of “birch tree”, step by step

birch tree traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Birch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBirchA nickname of the surname Birchall
2Middle Englishbirchebirch; mastic
3Old Englishbirċe—
4Proto-West Germanicbirkijābirch
5Proto-Germanicbirkijǭbirch
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerHǵosbirch

via English tree

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtreeA perennial woody plant, not exactly defined, but...
2Middle EnglishtreA tree or a plant that resembles one
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰerHǵos →
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