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Where does “birkīnaz” come from?

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

birkīnaz (Proto-Germanic): birchen, made of birch

Definitions

  1. birchen, made of birch

Ancestry of “birkīnaz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
2Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
3Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “birkīnaz”

  • birchen
  • birken
  • birken
  • birchen
  • biercen
  • beorcen
  • bircen
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