Where does “Borke” come from?

Borke (German) comes from Old Norse bǫrkr, from Proto-Germanic barkuz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerHǵós — birch.

Borke (German): bark

Definitions

  1. bark

Ancestry of “Borke”, step by step

Borke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse bǫrkr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebǫrkrbark
2Proto-Germanicbarkuzbark of a tree
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerHǵósbirch

via Middle Low German borke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanborke—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰerHǵós →Every word from Proto-Germanic barkuz →Every word from Old Norse bǫrkr →