Where does “bircen” come from?

bircen (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic birkīnaz, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

bircen (Old English): birchen; made of birch

Definitions

  1. birchen; made of birch

Ancestry of “bircen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbirkīnazbirchen, made of birch
2Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
3Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
4Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “bircen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Proto-Germanic -īnaz →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos →