Etymology Explorer › Old High German

Where does “bircha” come from?

bircha (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic birkijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerHǵos — birch.

Ancestry of “bircha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbirkijǭbirch
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerHǵosbirch

Words derived from “bircha”

  • Birke
  • birken
  • birke
  • Birk
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