Where does “birkja” come from?

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

birkja (Old Norse): birch juice

Definitions

  1. birch juice

Ancestry of “birkja”, step by step

birkja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse bǫrkr

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

via Proto-Germanic birkijǭ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbirkijǭbirch
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerHǵosbirch
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰerHǵós →Every word from Proto-Germanic barkuz →Every word from Old Norse bǫrkr →
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