Where does “birkɛ” come from?

birkɛ (Moore) comes from French barrique, from Old Occitan barrica, from Vulgar Latin barrica, from Latin barra, from Gaulish barros — the bushy end.

birkɛ (Moore): barrel container

Definitions

  1. barrel container

Ancestry of “birkɛ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbarriquebarrel, cask; fatty, fatso
2Old Occitanbarrica
3Vulgar Latinbarricabarrel, cask
4Latinbarrabar; barrier
5Gaulishbarrosthe bushy end
Every word from Gaulish barrosEvery word from Latin barraEvery word from Vulgar Latin barrica
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