Where does “bark” come from?

bark (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse bǫrkr, from Proto-Germanic barkuz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerHǵós — birch.

bark (Norwegian Bokmål): bark; a barque or bark

Definitions

  1. bark; a barque or bark

Ancestry of “bark”, step by step

bark traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse bǫrkr

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

via Medieval Latin barca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinbarca—

Words derived from “bark”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰerHǵós →Every word from Proto-Germanic barkuz →Every word from Old Norse bǫrkr →