Where does “birka” come from?

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

birka (Old High German): a birch tree

Definitions

  1. a birch tree

Ancestry of “birka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicbirkijābirch
2Proto-Germanicbirkijǭbirch
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerHǵosbirch

Words derived from “birka”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰerHǵos →Every word from Proto-Germanic birkijǭ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic birkijā →