Where does “birke” come from?

birke (German) comes from Middle High German birke, from Old High German birka, from Proto-West Germanic birkijā, from Proto-Germanic birkijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerHǵos — birch.

birke (German): birch tree

Definitions

  1. birch tree

Ancestry of “birke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanbirke—
2Old High Germanbirkaa birch tree
3Proto-West Germanicbirkijābirch
4Proto-Germanicbirkijǭbirch
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerHǵosbirch

Words derived from “birke”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰerHǵos →