Where does “birk” come from?

birk (Scots) comes from Old English bierċe, from Proto-West Germanic birkijā, from Proto-Germanic birkijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerHǵos — birch.

birk (Scots): A birch tree

Definitions

  1. A birch tree

Ancestry of “birk”, step by step

birk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English bierċe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbierċebirch
2Proto-West Germanicbirkijābirch
3Proto-Germanicbirkijǭbirch
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerHǵosbirch

via Old English birce

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishbirceAlternative form of bierċe

Words derived from “birk”

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